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nameCreate a user

To create a user:

  1. Go to Users view

  2. Optionally, select another enterprise if you manage users in multiple enterprises, and you want to create the user in an enterprise that you are not logged into

  3. Select Users

  4. Click the + add button and complete the dialog

    1. Enter General information. 

      1. The E-mail is required

        Create user - general information

        For more details see the Create user table below

    2. If your user has "No VDC restriction" privilege, you can restrict the user to a set of virtual datacenters

      Create user - limit access to VDCs
    3. Enter the Advanced details

      1. The platform will add the Public key to your VMs to use with your private key for SSH access 

        Create user - advanced
  5. Click Save

The platform will create the user in the current or selected enterprise. If you need to change this, drag and drop the user to the new enterprise.

Create user table

Field

Description

Enterprise

The enterprise that the user will belong to

Full Name

The user's first name and family name

Role

The Role of the user defining their set of privileges on the platform

Scope

The Scope of a user defining the set of enterprise and datacenters that they can manage on the platform

Username

The username for login. After you create the user, you cannot change the username

Password

The user account password. Requirements are set by the options of Configuration → Security.
See also Manually reset a user password

Repeat password

Re-enter the password

Email

The contact e-mail address of the user for platform messages, including password reset.
The platform will display a Gravatar icon associated with this address on the Users's card

Phone number

The phone number of the user. The platform will not validate this field.

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