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title: influx v1 auth set-active
description: >
  The `influx v1 auth set-active` command activates an authorization in the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.
menu:
  influxdb3_cloud_serverless:
    name: influx v1 auth set-active
    parent: influx v1 auth
weight: 101
influxdb3/cloud-serverless/tags: [authorization]
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> [!Important]
>
>#### Not supported in InfluxDB Cloud
>**InfluxDB Cloud** does not support InfluxDB 1.x compatible authorizations.
>Using the `influx v1 auth set-active` command with InfluxDB Cloud will result in an error.
>To authenticate with InfluxDB Cloud, use [InfluxDB token authentication](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/admin/tokens/).

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