docs-v2/content/shared/influxdb-v2/reference/cli/influx/v1/auth/create.md

The influx v1 auth create command creates a legacy authorization with the InfluxDB 1.x compatibility API.

Usage

influx v1 auth create [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description	Input type	{{< cli/mapped >}}
-c	--active-config	Config name to use for command	string	INFLUX_ACTIVE_CONFIG
	--configs-path	Path to the influx CLI configurations (default: ~/.influxdbv2/configs)	string	INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d	--description	Token description	string
-h	--help	Help for the create command
	--hide-headers	Hide the table headers (default: false)		INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
	--host	HTTP address of InfluxDB	string	INFLUX_HOST
	--json	Output data as JSON (default: false)		INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
	--no-password	Don't prompt for a password (to use the token, you must set a password with influx v1 auth set-password)
-o	--org	Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id)	string	INFLUX_ORG
	--org-id	Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org)	string	INFLUX_ORG_ID
	--password	Password to set on the authorization
	--read-bucket	Bucket ID to assign read permissions to	stringArray
	--skip-verify	Skip TLS certificate verification		INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t	--token	API token	string	INFLUX_TOKEN
	--username	({{< req >}}) Token username	string
	--write-bucket	Bucket ID to assign write permissions to	stringArray

Examples

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Create a v1 authorization with read and write permissions

# Create an authorization with read and write access to bucket 00xX00o0X001
# but only read access to bucket 00xX00o0X002
influx v1 auth create \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X002 \
  --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --username example-user