About API Token

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Hi i have a genuine question
like 1-2 weeks ago i make literally basic project to how influxdb work and make sure my sensor can gather data and put it in influx

my question is

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urls = ["https://us-east-1-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com"]
token = "<Token>"
...

in this snippet of whole telegraf configuration the first time i try to ran the telegraf config with actual API token put in the token, it said this error in shells:

Error getting HTTP config.  Retry 0 of 3 in 10s.  Status=401

but after i make an environment of it in my computer without changing my telegraf config, it suddenly worked. my log running, my data succesfully sent in my database is there a reasons why my computer is set in that ways?
thx

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There are a few things that could explain this:

  • Was this a brand new token you created moments before starting Telegraf? Depending on the version of InfluxDB your using, there can actually be a delay between when a token is created vs when it’s registered and usable.

  • There possible could have been an extra whitespace in your token string literal or something similar that wasn’t included when you added it as an environment variable.

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The answer is no? This token already up like 2-3 days. Everytime i need to activate my telegraf i always do this first:

  1. Check my local host ip (its always change 1 numbers randomly) and if changed i renew my config
  2. Add new environment for token just for my telegraf to function

Im using influxdb cloudless

The funny thing is if i do it like this

Token=$env:myToken

The system gonna tell is 401 unauthorized in the telegraf log