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Manage tokens	Manage tokens in InfluxDB Clustered	Manage database tokens in your InfluxDB cluster. Database tokens grant read and write permissions to one or more databases and allow for actions like writing and querying data.	influxdb_clustered parent Administer InfluxDB Clustered	101	tokens

InfluxDB uses token authentication to authorize access to data in your InfluxDB cluster. Each token grants read and write permissions to one or more databases and allows for actions like writing and querying data.

All read and write actions performed against time series data in your InfluxDB cluster must be authorized using a token. Administrative actions such as managing tokens and databases are authorized using management tokens issued by Auth0. Management tokens allow clients, such as the influxctl CLI, to perform administrative actions.

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Store secure tokens in a secret store

Token strings are returned only on token creation. We recommend storing database tokens in a secure secret store. For example, see how to authenticate Telegraf using tokens in your OS secret store. {{% /note %}}

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