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Kapacitor with InfluxDB OSS 2.0 configuration instructions incorrect

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Description

The overview provided on in this URL pertains to Cloud and not OSS

https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/tools/kapacitor/

For OSS you need to do a 'influx v1 auth create' with a password and use this password, not the token in kapacitor.conf.

The process is summarised in an earlier issue https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/2476

btw if you following the instructions as currently outlined you will get an error 401 as the token length is too long

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Research direction

Start with the Kapacitor instructions at https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/tools/kapacitor/ and compare them with the OSS authentication process summarized in Kapacitor issue 2476. Update the guidance to distinguish Cloud from OSS, use `influx v1 auth create` credentials for OSS, and prevent the reported 401 error.

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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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