Create User

This chapter introduces how to create user in Hippo.

curl -u shiva:shiva -XPUT localhost:8902/hippo/v1/_security/user/{user_name}?pretty -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
  "password" : "<password>",
  "metadata" : {
    "is_super" : false,
    "can_create_role": false,
    "can_create_db": false
  }
}';

Result:

{
  "user" : {
    "created" : true
  },
  "created" : true
}

Parameter description:

Parameters	Description	Options
user_name	New username
password	New password
is_super	Whether this user is superuser	True/False
can_create_role	Whether this user can create role	True/False
can_create_db	Whether this user can create database	True/False

Table 39 Create User (Restful API)