Time Series Database:Manage user accounts and databases

Prerequisites

A Time Series Database (TSDB) for InfluxDB® instance is purchased. For more information, see Create a TSDB for InfluxDB® instance.

Account types

TSDB for InfluxDB® instances support two types of accounts: administrator and standard accounts. You can manage all your accounts and databases in the TSDB console. For more information about permissions that can be granted to each type of account, see Accounts and permissions.

Manage accounts

Create an account

1. Log on to the TSDB console.

2. In the upper-left corner of the console, select the region in which your instance is located.

3. On the Instances page, click Manage in the Actions column corresponding to the instance.

4. Choose Time Series Data Management > Accounts. On the Accounts page, click Create.

5. On the Create Account page, configure the parameters described in the following table.

   Parameter	Description
   Account Name	Enter the name of the account. The account name must meet the following requirements: The name can contain only lowercase letters, digits, and underscores (_). The name must start with a lowercase letter and end with a lowercase letter or a digit. The name must be 1 to 16 characters in length.
   Account Type	Administrator Account: Only one administrator account can be created for an instance. Note By default, the administrator account has the owner permissions on all the databases that are created on the instance. You can reset the permissions of the administrator account. Standard Account: You can select the Standard Account option only after an administrator account is created for your instance. Each instance can have more than one standard account. Note You must manually grant standard accounts the permissions on databases. Standard accounts can be deleted.
   Authorize Database	You must grant permissions on databases to standard accounts. You can perform the following steps to grant permissions on more than one database to the standard account: In the Unauthorized Databases section, select the databases on which you want to grant permissions to the account. Note If no databases are created on the instance, create databases before you grant permissions on databases. Click Authorize > to add the selected databases to the Authorized Databases section. Grant the permissions on each selected database to the standard account. The following permission types are supported: Read/Write, Read, and Write. Note You can grant the permissions on each selected database to the standard account. The following permission types are supported: Read/Write, Read, and Write.
   Password	Enter the password of the account. The password must meet the following requirements: The password must be 8 to 32 characters in length. The password contains at least three types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters. Special characters include ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - =
   Confirm Password	Enter the password of the account again.

6. Click OK.

Delete an account

1. Log on to the TSDB console.

2. In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region in which your instance is located.

3. On the Instances page, click Manage in the Actions column corresponding to the instance.

4. Choose Time Series Data Management > Accounts. On the Accounts page, click Delete in the Actions column corresponding to the account that you want to delete.

5. Click OK.

Manage databases

Create a database

1. Log on to the TSDB console.

2. In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region in which your instance is located.

3. On the Instances page, click Manage in the Actions column corresponding to the instance.

4. Choose Time Series Data Management > Databases. On the Databases page, click Create in the upper-right corner.

5. On the Create Database dialog box, enter the name of the database that you want to create, and then click OK.

   

Delete a database

1. Log on to the TSDB console.

2. In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region in which your instance is located.

3. On the Instances page, click Manage in the Actions column corresponding to the instance.

4. Choose Time Series Data Management > Databases. On the Databases page, click Delete in the Actions column corresponding to the database that you want to delete.

5. Click OK.

Manage permissions

You can modify the read and write permissions of a standard account on specific databases.

For example, you can grant the read/write permission on the mydb database to the standard account db_test.

Permissions of the administrator account

The administrator account of an instance has the full permission on all the databases that are created on the instance.

Account permissions