InfluxDB Token generation

[aFouraker]

Hello, I am building an application that will use InfluxDB with nodered. In this case, the machine will be serialized. Each influx instance has its own token. How can I automatically retireve a token to give to the configuraiton for influxDB pallete?

[Sgilk · Accepted solution]

 Hi @aFouraker ,

So each machine in this case has its own local influxDB instance?

There are 3 ways to create a token in InfluxDB:

1. UI
2. Influx CLI
3. REST API

The documentation claims basic authentication is supported, but I am not finding that to be the case. Other people have reported the same issue.

So, to the best of my knowledge, initial token generation cannot be automated with the current InfluxDB REST API. They will have to be generated using the InfluxDB Web UI or CLI.