Giacomo, the single quote is terminating the argument to -execute. When running
influx -execute 'CREATE USER "test2" WITH PASSWORD 'secret'' influx sees influx -execute 'CREATE USER "test2" WITH PASSWORD ' Use double quotes around the whole query to remove the ambiguity influx -execute "CREATE USER "test2" WITH PASSWORD 'secret'" On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:10 AM, <giacomo.tart...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am quite new to InfluxDB, but I could not find any reference to my > problem in the docs. > > Some context first, I am setting up an ansible playbook to install > influxdb with authentication and authorization. > As I understood it, this implies I need to create a user. > > > So in my playbook i have this: > - name: Create useer > command: influx -ssl -unsafeSsl -execute 'CREATE USER "test" WITH > PASSWORD 'secret'' > > But that fails with this error: > "ERR: error parsing query: found secret, expected string at line 1, char > 36", "Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a > database.", "Please set a database with the command \"use <database>\"." > > The same thing happens if I do it on the command line" > $ influx -execute 'CREATE USER "test2" WITH PASSWORD 'secret'' > ERR: error parsing query: found secret, expected string at line 1, char 35 > Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database. > Please set a database with the command "use <database>". > error parsing query: found secret, expected string at line 1, char 35 > > But the same query succeeds if doit interactively: > $ influx > Visit https://enterprise.influxdata.com to register for updates, InfluxDB > server management, and monitoring. > Connected to http://localhost:8086 version v1.0.2 > InfluxDB shell version: v1.0.2 > > show users > user admin > test false > test1 false > > > CREATE USER "test3" WITH PASSWORD 'secret' > > > > show users > user admin > test false > test1 false > test3 false > > > Am I doing something wrong? > Any help or pointer to solutions is much appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > > Giacomo > > -- > Remember to include the version number! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxData" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to influxdb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to influxdb@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/97f230f4-0d3c-4018-99be-f4d52dac0383%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to influxdb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to influxdb@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvPCh3GwmiEbORGgDSCgmBUM-uhx%2BQ0Z8cXRwrxOOtuTMA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
