Use tokens

API token hashing is enabled by default in InfluxDB OSS 2.9.0

Stronger token security: tokens are stored as hashes on disk, so a copy of the database file doesn’t expose usable tokens. Existing tokens are hashed on first startup and the original strings can’t be recovered afterward — capture any plaintext tokens you still need before you upgrade.

For more information, see Token hashing.

Use tokens to authenticate requests to InfluxDB, including requests to write, query, and manage data and resources. Authenticate requests using the influx CLI, API requests made with client libraries, and tools like curl.

Add a token to a CLI request

influx write -t <token> -b BUCKET -o org-name <LINE PROTOCOL>
export INFLUX_TOKEN=my-token
influx write -t $INFLUX_TOKEN -b my-bucket -o my-org "measurement field=1"

See here to configure environment variables on Windows. (Click on the Windows tab.)

Use CLI configurations

Automatically manage and use tokens from the CLI using influx config.

Use a token in an API request

Use tokens in API requests.

Use a token in Postman

Make authenticated requests with tokens using Postman.

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