--- title: influx auth – Authorization management commands description: The 'influx auth' command and its subcommands manage authorizations in InfluxDB. menu: v2_0_ref: name: influx auth parent: influx weight: 101 v2.0/tags: [authentication] --- The `influx auth` command and its subcommands manage authorizations in InfluxDB. ## Usage ``` influx auth [flags] influx auth [command] ``` #### Aliases `auth`, `authorization` ## Subcommands | Subcommand | Description | |:---------- |:----------- | | [active](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/auth/active) | Activate authorization | | [create](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/auth/create) | Create authorization | | [delete](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/auth/delete) | Delete authorization | | [find](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/auth/find) | Find authorization | | [inactive](/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/auth/inactive) | Inactivate authorization | ## Flags | Flag | Description | |:---- |:----------- | | `-h`, `--help` | Help for the `auth` command | ## Global flags | Global flag | Description | Input type | |:----------- |:----------- |:----------:| | `--host` | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:9999`) | string | | `--local` | Run commands locally against the filesystem | | | `-t`, `--token` | API token to be used throughout client calls | string |