/create/user/external

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. The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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: Name Type Description name string Value of input parameter name. Empty string in case of an error.