Admin API - User

Create User (shell)

Instructions

1. SSH into your Config / Installer node (Node 1) as training if you have not already
2. Create the JSON payload

   echo '{
    "active": "true",
    "address1": "",
    "address2": "",
    "city": "",
    "country": "",
    "emailAddr": "",
    "fullName": "Engineering Student",
    "groupId": "Engineering",
    "ldapEnabled": false,
    "phone": "",
    "state": "",
    "userId": "engineer1",
    "userType": "User",
    "website": "",
    "zip": ""
   }' > ~/admin_api/create_user.txt
   

Instructions

1. Create the new user from the payload using the Admin API.

   curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -u sysadmin:$auth_pass -d @/home/training/admin_api/create_user.txt https://$admin_endpoint:19443/user
   

   

Info

This creates a user who is a member of the Engineering Group, however this user cannot log into the CMC yet because the User password has not been set. This maybe a good thing in your environment where there is no requirement for the user account to access cmc.

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Instructions

1. Lets get the S3 credentials for the newly created user.

   curl -s -X GET -k -u sysadmin:$auth_pass "https://$admin_endpoint:19443/user/credentials/list/active?userId=engineer1&groupId=Engineering" | python -mjson.tool
   

   

Important

You can see the S3 access key and secret key for this new user (take a copy of these for later)

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Info

If you want this new user to have access to the CMC you will need to create a password for the user. Passwords must meet the following conditions by default:
- Minimum of nine characters, maximum of 64 charactes
Must contain:
- At least one lower case letter
- At least one upper case letter
- At least one number
- At least one special character such as !, @, #, $, %, ^, etc.

Instructions

1. Set a CMC password for the engineer1 user as @Engineer1

   curl -X POST -k -u sysadmin:$auth_pass "https://$admin_endpoint:19443/user/password?userId=engineer1&groupId=Engineering&password=@Engineer1"
   

   

Note

This command is also useful if you forget the admin password for the CMC as you can change the admin password using the same method where userId=admin&groupId=0

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We can now login to the CMC using the new CMC credentials.

Info

1. Ensure Group Name is set to Engineering
2. Ensure User ID: is engineer1
3. Ensure Password: is @Engineer1

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