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titleCLI

Adding a user via the CLI

Overview
CLI commandadd-user
DescriptionAdd a new user.
Command format
Code Block
add-user -u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD> -r <ROLE_NAME> -f <FIRST_NAME> -l <LAST_NAME> -e <EMAIL> -pr <PROFILE_NAME>
Parameter definition
Short optionLong optionDescriptionRequiredExample value
-u

--username

Username given to the user.Yeskim
-p

--password

User's password.Yesadmin123
-r--role-name

Role assigned to the user.

When adding a user in Stratos, only the following values are allowed for the property "role":

  • Internal/user
  • Admin
Yesadmin
-f

--first-name

User's first name.YesKim
-l

--last-name

User's last name.YesMyers
-e

--email

User's email address.Yesfoo@bar.com
-pr--profile-nameUser's profile name.Yesdev
Example

Add a user with the username: kim, name: Kim Myers, password: admin123, email: foo@bar.com, role: admin and profile: dev.

Code Block
add-user -u kim -p admin123 -r admin -f Kim -l Myers -e foo@bar.com -pr dev
Sample output
Code Block
User added successfully: [user] kim
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titleREST API

Adding a user via the REST API

Overview
DescriptionAdd a user.
Resource Path/users
HTTP MethodPOST
Request/Response Formatapplication/json
Command format
Code Block
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @'<JSON_PAYLOAD>' -k -v -u <USERNAME>:<PASSWORD> https://<PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST>:<PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT>/api/users
Info
  • The path to the JSON file that defines the user needs to be defined as the <JSON_PAYLOAD> value.
  • By default, <USERNAME>:<PASSWORD> is admin:admin.
  • By default, <PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST> is localhost. However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified.
  • By default, <PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT> has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by n, the default port value needs to be incremented by n.
Example

Add the user defined in the user.json file. 

Code Block
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @'user.json' -k -v -u admin:admin https://localhost:9443/api/users
Sample output
Code Block
> POST /api/users HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:9443
> Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
> User-Agent: curl/7.43.0
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> Content-Length: 136
> 
< HTTP/1.1 201 Created
< Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:33:27 GMT
< Location: https://localhost:9443/api/users/kim
< Content-Type: application/json
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Server: WSO2 Carbon Server
< 
{"status":"success","message":"User added successfully: [user] kim"}

You will come across the following HTTP status codes while adding a user:

HTTP status code

201, 400, 409, 500

See the descriptions of the HTTP status codes here.

Location header URL

https://<PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST>:<PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT>/api/users/<USERNAME>

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titlePPaaS Console

Adding a user via the PPaaS Console

Follow the instructions below to add a user:

Note

Only users who belong to the admin user role are allowed to add users in PPaaS.

  1. Click Users on the home page.
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  2. Click Manage Users.
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  3. Click Add New Users. 
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  4. Enter the required details. For property definitions, see User Resource Definition.
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  5. Click SAVE USER.

 

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Excerpt

Sample user definition JSON

Panel

The following are sample configurations that can be used in a JSON to define a user:

Code Block
{
  "userName": "kim",
  "credential": "kim12345",
  "role": "admin",
  "firstName": "Frank",
  "lastName": "Myers",
  "email": "foo@bar.com"
} 

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