# Influxdb auto-login is read-only
**URL:** https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54
**Category:** Q&A
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54 "2026-05-01T12:44:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Wiggert](https://community.orangeqs.com/u/Wiggert)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54/1 "2026-05-01T12:44:48Z")
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:
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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### Author:  [@Dianto](https://community.orangeqs.com/u/Dianto)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54/2 "2026-05-07T11:28:13Z")
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](https://gitlab.com/orangeqs/juice/-/work_items/346) 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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### Author:  [@Wiggert](https://community.orangeqs.com/u/Wiggert)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54/3 "2026-05-11T08:27:44Z")
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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### Author:  [@Koushik](https://community.orangeqs.com/u/Koushik)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/influxdb-auto-login-is-read-only/54/4 "2026-05-11T12:49:08Z")
We’ve updated this for transparency in v26.20.0! Check out [OrangeQS Juice v26.20.0 - Official Updates / Release Notes - OrangeQS Juice Community](https://community.orangeqs.com/t/orangeqs-juice-v26-20-0/59)