open-vault/website/content/docs/secrets/databases/influxdb.mdx

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layout: docs
page_title: InfluxDB - Database - Secrets Engines
description: |-
  InfluxDB is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine.
  This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured
  roles for the InfluxDB database.
---

# InfluxDB Database Secrets Engine

InfluxDB is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine. This
plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for
the InfluxDB database.

See the [database secrets engine](/docs/secrets/databases) docs for
more information about setting up the database secrets engine.

## Capabilities

| Plugin Name                | Root Credential Rotation | Dynamic Roles | Static Roles | Username Customization |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- |
| `influxdb-database-plugin` | Yes                      | Yes           | Yes (1.6+)   | Yes (1.8+)             |

## Setup

1.  Enable the database secrets engine if it is not already enabled:

    ```text
    $ vault secrets enable database
    Success! Enabled the database secrets engine at: database/
    ```

    By default, the secrets engine will enable at the name of the engine. To
    enable the secrets engine at a different path, use the `-path` argument.

1.  Configure Vault with the proper plugin and connection information:

    ```text
    $ vault write database/config/my-influxdb-database \
        plugin_name="influxdb-database-plugin" \
        host=127.0.0.1 \
        username=vaultuser \
        password=vaultpass \
        allowed_roles=my-role
    ```

1.  Configure a role that maps a name in Vault to an SQL statement to execute to
    create the database credential:

    ```text
    $ vault write database/roles/my-role \
        db_name=my-influxdb-database \
        creation_statements="CREATE USER \"{{username}}\" WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}'; \
              GRANT ALL ON \"vault\" TO \"{{username}}\";" \
        default_ttl="1h" \
        max_ttl="24h"
    Success! Data written to: database/roles/my-role
    ```

## Usage

After the secrets engine is configured and a user/machine has a Vault token with
the proper permission, it can generate credentials.

1.  Generate a new credential by reading from the `/creds` endpoint with the name
    of the role:

    ```text
    $ vault read database/creds/my-role
    Key                Value
    ---                -----
    lease_id           database/creds/my-role/2f6a614c-4aa2-7b19-24b9-ad944a8d4de6
    lease_duration     1h
    lease_renewable    true
    password           ux-TAAKTSZex6jgXhe67
    username           v_vaultuser_my_role_7XjvivMy80m7qQughmbk_1602541922
    ```

## API

The full list of configurable options can be seen in the [InfluxDB database
plugin API](/api-docs/secret/databases/influxdb) page.

For more information on the database secrets engine's HTTP API please see the [Database secret
secrets engine API](/api-docs/secret/databases) page.