REST API - POST User

Host

The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.

Accept

The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.

Authtoken

The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Content-type

The media type contained in the request body.

userName

The name of the user.

userEntity

associationsOperationType

The operation to perform on the role and entities inside the <associations> block. The entity, role, and user form a security association. To perform an operation on multiple security associations, add an <associations> block in the XML file for each security association:

<associations>
   <entities>
     <entity>
       <entity_name></entity_name>
     </entity>
   </entities>
   <properties>
     <role>
       <roleName></roleName>
     </role>
   </properties>
</associations>

Valid values are:

• ADD, to create a new security association between the entity, role, and user

• OVERWRITE, to overwrite existing security associations with new security associations

• DELETE, to delete one or more security associations

securityAssociations

entity name

Replace entity_name with the name of the entity operated on by the associationsOperationType parameter.

Valid replacement values are:

• clientGroupName

• clientName

• appName

• backupsetName

• subclientName

• userName

• userGroupName

• providerDomainName

• mediaAgentName

• libraryName

• containerName

• locationName

• shelfName

• storagePolicyName

• schedulePolicyName

• trackingPolicyName

  To include multiple entities in a security association, add the following elements in the XML file for each entity:

   
  <entity>
       <entity_name>entity_value</entity_name>
    </entity>

  Examples

  To associate two libraries, enter the following in the XML file:

  <entities>
     <entity>
       <libraryName>library_001</libraryName>
     </entity>
     <entity>
       <libraryName>library_022</libraryName>
     </entity>
  </entities>

  To associate a domain, enter the following in the XML file:

  <entities>
     <entity>
       <providerDomainName>mydomain</providerDomainName>
     </entity>
  </entities>

  To associate a file system and a MySQL agent, enter the following in the XML file:

  <entities>
     <entity>
       <appName>File System</appName>
     </entity>
   </entities>
   <entities>
     <entity>
       <appName>MySQL</appName>
     </entity>
  </entities>

entity

roleName

The name of the role operated on by the associationsOperationType parameter. The <associations> block must have exactly one role, for example:

<associations>
   <properties>
     <role>
       <roleName>Role3</roleName>
     </role>
   </properties>
 ...
 ...
</associations>

role

permissionName

Use this element to add permissions without selecting a role. If you use the permissionName parameter, you cannot use the roleName parameter.

The name of the permission operated on by the associationsOperationType parameter. To work with multiple permissions, add the following elements in the XML file for each permission:

<categoriesPermissionList permissionName = ""/>

For a list of valid values, see User Security Permissions and Permitted Actions.

categoriesPermissionList

categoryName

Use this element to add all of the permissions in a category without selecting a role. If you use the categoryName parameter, you cannot use the roleName parameter.

The name of the permission category operated on by the associationsOperationType parameter. To work with multiple categories, add the following elements in the XML file for each category:

<categoriesPermissionList categoryName = ""/>

Valid values are:

categoriesPermissionList

enableUser

The option to enable/disable the user.

Valid values are True/False.

users

agePasswordDays

The number of days to keep the password active.

users

email

The email address of the user.

users

password

The password of the user to access the user account.

The password must be in plain text in XML request and Base64 encoded in JSON request.

users

fullName

The full name of the user.

users

description

A general description of the user account.

users

userGroupName

The name of the user group associated with the user. To associate a user with more than one user group, add the following line in the XML file:

 
<userGroupName>user_group</userGroupName>

associatedUserGroups

errorCode

The possible error codes.

Valid values are:

• 0, successful completion.

• 2, a failure.

• a specific error code.

response

errorString

The description of the error code. Not all error codes have an error string.

response

errorMessage

The description of the error code. Not all error codes have an error message.

response

userId

The system-generated ID assigned to the user.

entity

userName

The name of the user.

entity