URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/create/user/external
Creates a new external user (a user whose credentials are managed by an external LDAP).
Input Parameter Description
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | Name of the user to be created. Must exactly match the user's name in the external LDAP, prefixed with a @. Must not be the same name as an existing user. |
| options | map of string to strings | Optional parameters. |
Output Parameter Description
The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
| Name | Type | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | String | 'OK' or 'ERROR' | ||||||
| message | String | Empty if success or an error message | ||||||
| data_type | String | 'create_user_external_request' or 'none' in case of an error | ||||||
| data | String | Empty string | ||||||
| data_str | JSON or String | This embedded JSON represents the result of the /create/user/external endpoint:
Empty string in case of an error. |