error 401 when trying to run influxdb commands in shell

[ElliotTanScripting]

Steps to reproduce:
List the minimal actions needed to reproduce the behavior.

1. start commandline terminal in folder with influxdb executables
2. run 'influxd' for server
3. run 'influx' for client

additionally, I also tried changing the port number for http to 8087, but when I ran 'influxd' the port number that came up in the log was still 8086. I ran "influxd.exe -config influxdb.conf 2>logfile.log" but the config did not update.

Expected behavior:
Expected server to run and be able to run commands in influx shell

Actual behavior:
log of influxd shown below

tried to run some commands in influxdb shell but got these responses:
WARN: Connected to http://localhost:8086, but found no server version.
Are you sure an InfluxDB server is listening at the given address?
InfluxDB shell version: 1.8.4

show databases
ERR: received status code 401 from server
exit

Environment info:

• System info: Run uname -srm and copy the output here
  CYGWIN_NT-10.0 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) x86_64
• InfluxDB version: Run influxd version and copy the output here
  InfluxDB v1.8.4 (git: 1.8 bc8ec43)
• Other relevant environment details: Container runtime, disk info, etc

Config:
only edited directory for data, meta, and wal

Logs:
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.572810Z lvl=info msg="InfluxDB starting" log_id=0SfU4dG000 version=1.8.4 branch=1.8 commit=bc8ec4384eed25436d31045f974bf39f3310fa3c
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.573806Z lvl=info msg="Go runtime" log_id=0SfU4dG000 version=go1.13.8 maxprocs=8
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.680034Z lvl=info msg="Using data dir" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=store path="C:\Users\Elliot\Desktop\IIT\2021\Spring\CS 550\term project\InfluxDB\data"
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.680034Z lvl=info msg="Compaction settings" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=store max_concurrent_compactions=4 throughput_bytes_per_second=50331648 throughput_bytes_per_second_burst=50331648
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.681036Z lvl=info msg="Open store (start)" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=store trace_id=0SfU54G000 op_name=tsdb_open op_event=start
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.681036Z lvl=info msg="Open store (end)" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=store trace_id=0SfU54G000 op_name=tsdb_open op_event=end op_elapsed=0.000ms
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.681036Z lvl=info msg="Opened service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=subscriber
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.681036Z lvl=info msg="Starting monitor service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.681036Z lvl=info msg="Registered diagnostics client" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor name=build
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Registered diagnostics client" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor name=runtime
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Registered diagnostics client" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor name=network
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Registered diagnostics client" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor name=system
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Starting precreation service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=shard-precreation check_interval=10m advance_period=30m
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Starting snapshot service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=snapshot
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Starting continuous query service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=continuous_querier
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Starting HTTP service" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=httpd authentication=false
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.683112Z lvl=info msg="opened HTTP access log" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=httpd path=stderr
ts=2021-03-04T06:43:29.682034Z lvl=info msg="Storing statistics" log_id=0SfU4dG000 service=monitor db_instance=_internal db_rp=monitor interval=10s
run: open server: open service: listen tcp :8086: bind: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.

Performance:
Generate profiles with the following commands for bugs related to performance, locking, out of memory (OOM), etc.

# Commands should be run when the bug is actively happening.
# Note: This command will run for at least 30 seconds.
curl -o profiles.tar.gz "http://localhost:8086/debug/pprof/all?cpu=true"
curl -o vars.txt "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"
iostat -xd 1 30 > iostat.txt
# Attach the `profiles.tar.gz`, `vars.txt`, and `iostat.txt` output files.

[danxmoran]

@ElliotTanIIT is auth enabled in your influxdb.conf? If so, have you set up users and configured your CLI to use them (docs here)?

[ElliotTanScripting]

i tried

@ElliotTanIIT is auth enabled in your influxdb.conf? If so, have you set up users and configured your CLI to use them (docs here)?

I tried following the instructions for setting up the inital admin but got the same error

Are all the lines in the config file supposed to begin with '#'? Or should I remove those?

[LLThomas]

I have the same problem while my influxd was compiled from source code.

[ElliotTanScripting]

I found that it was a firewall issue. I had to allow influxd firewall access.

[danxmoran]

Sounds like the original issue was resolved, so closing this