Influxdb auto-login is read-only

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There is some not quite transparent behaviour surrounding the influxdb interface. Accessing the influxdb via the Juice landing page and trying to create a dashboard leads to the following error:

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The reason is that the auto-login is as a read-only user which does not allow creating dashboards (among others). For the correct permissions I needed to find the admin login settings in /etc/juice/influxdb2/secrets.env.

I’m posting this so it may provide the solution for someone who faces a similar issue, but also to ask if there is a way to make this more transparent or customisable? In the influxdb UI, or the Juice dashboard, it is not very clear that you are logged in/logging in as a read-only user.

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Hi @Wiggert,

This is a good point. The InfluxDB dashboard is read-only by design. This is because we don’t want users to be able to accidently delete or modify data. To make it more transparent I made an issue to rename the InfluxDB button on the dashboard to “InfluxDB2 (read-only)”.

We could also add a tooltip with a “Help” link that points to the relevant documentation page, where it’s explained where to find the password. What do you think of these solutions?

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That change would already increase the transparency I agree. Tooltips as a whole are a good idea (not just here), but can still be overlooked as I am imagining it as a hover?

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We’ve updated this for transparency in v26.20.0! Check out OrangeQS Juice v26.20.0 - Official Updates / Release Notes - OrangeQS Juice Community

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