Change your password

Use influx command line interface (CLI) to update your password.

{{% note %}} User passwords cannot be updated in the InfluxDB UI. {{% /note %}}

Change your password using the influx CLI

Use the influx user password command to update a password for a user. Provide the following:

• An operator token using your influx CLI connection configuration, INFLUX_TOKEN environment variable, or the --token, -t flag.
• The username (with the --name, -n flag) or the user ID (with the --id, -i flag). View usernames and IDs in the output of influx user list.
• Optional: the --password, -p flag and the new password. If you don't provide a password flag, enter the new password when prompted.

Update a password

{{% code-placeholders "USERNAME|PASSWORD" %}}

influx user password \
  --name USERNAME \
  --password PASSWORD

{{% /code-placeholders %}}

Replace the following:

• {{% code-placeholder-key %}}USERNAME{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}: The username to change the password for
• {{% code-placeholder-key %}}PASSWORD{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}: The new password