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/create/user/internal

URL: https://<aws.fqdn>/<aws.cluster.name>/gpudb-0/create/user/internal

Creates a new internal user (a user whose credentials are managed by the database system).

Input Parameter Description

Name

Type

Description

name

string

Name of the user to be created. Must contain only lowercase letters, digits, and underscores, and cannot begin with a digit. Must not be the same name as an existing user or role.

password

string

Initial password of the user to be created. May be an empty string for no password.

options

map of string to strings

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

Supported Parameters (keys)	Parameter Description
resource_group	Name of an existing resource group to associate with this user
default_schema	Default schema to associate with this user
create_home_directory	When true, a home directory in KiFS is created for this user The default value is true. The supported values are: true false
directory_data_limit	The maximum capacity to apply to the created directory if create_home_directory is true. Set to -1 to indicate no upper limit. If empty, the system default limit is applied.

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_internal_response' 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/internal endpoint:

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Value of input parameter name.
info	map of string to strings	Additional information. The default value is an empty map ( {} ).Possible keys are:

Empty string in case of an error.