Create User

Create a new user.

Request

URI

POST

https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/users

COPY

Request Body

VcdUser of type(s) application/json

Optional

{
    "username": "string",
    "fullName": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "roleEntityRefs": [
        {
            "name": "string",
            "id": "string"
        }
    ],
    "orgEntityRef": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "password": "string",
    "deployedVmQuota": 0,
    "storedVmQuota": 0,
    "email": "string",
    "nameInSource": "string",
    "enabled": false,
    "isGroupRole": false,
    "providerType": "string"
}

string

username

Required

User name of the user.

string

fullName

Optional

Full name (display name) of the user.

string

description

Optional

Description of the user.

string

Optional

Unique id for the user.

array of EntityReference

roleEntityRefs

Required

The role(s) of the user. If isGroupRole is true, this user inherits their role(s) from group membership(s)

EntityReference

orgEntityRef

Optional

orgEntityRef

string

password

Optional

Password for the user. Must be null for external users.

integer As int32 As int32

deployedVmQuota

Optional

The deployed VM quota for this user. Defaults to 0 which means unlimited. This property is deprecated in 35.0. Use user quotas API.

integer As int32 As int32

storedVmQuota

Optional

The stored VM quota for this user. Defaults to 0 which means unlimited. This property is deprecated in 35.0. Use user quotas API.

string As email As email

Optional

A user's email address. Based on org email preferences, notifications can be sent to the user via email.

string

nameInSource

Optional

Name of the user in its source.

boolean

enabled

Optional

Enabled state of the user. Defaults to true.

boolean

isGroupRole

Optional

Determines if this user's role is inherited from a group. Defaults to false.

string

providerType

Optional

Provider type of the user. It must be one of: LOCAL, LDAP, SAML, OAUTH.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

ApiKeyAuth

Responses

201

Created

Returns VcdUser of type(s) application/json;version=37.1

{
    "username": "string",
    "fullName": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "roleEntityRefs": [
        {
            "name": "string",
            "id": "string"
        }
    ],
    "orgEntityRef": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "password": "string",
    "deployedVmQuota": 0,
    "storedVmQuota": 0,
    "email": "string",
    "nameInSource": "string",
    "enabled": false,
    "isGroupRole": false,
    "providerType": "string"
}

string

username

Required

User name of the user.

string

fullName

Optional

Full name (display name) of the user.

string

description

Optional

Description of the user.