CreateUser - Resource Access Management - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Creates a RAM user.

Operation description

This topic provides an example on how to create a RAM user named test.

Debugging

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Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
- The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
- If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.

Operation	Access level	Resource type	Condition key	Associated operation
ram:CreateUser	Write	User acs:ram::{#accountId}:user/*	none	none

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
UserPrincipalName	string	Yes	The logon name of the RAM user. The name is in the format of `<username>@<AccountAlias>.onaliyun.com`. `<username>` indicates the name of the RAM user. `<AccountAlias>.onaliyun.com` indicates the default domain name. For more information about how to obtain the default domain name, see GetDefaultDomain . The value of `UserPrincipalName` must be 1 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), and underscores (_). The value of `<username>` must be 1 to 64 characters in length.	test@example.onaliyun.com
DisplayName	string	Yes	The display name of the RAM user. The name must be 1 to 24 characters in length.	test
MobilePhone	string	No	The mobile number of the RAM user. Format: Country code-Mobile phone number. Note This parameter is valid only on the China site (aliyun.com).	86-1868888****
Email	string	No	The email address of the RAM user. Note This parameter is valid only on the China site (aliyun.com).	alice@example.com
Comments	string	No	The description. The description must be 1 to 128 characters in length.	This is a cloud computing engineer.
Tag	object []	No	The tag value. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain `http://` or `https://`. The tag value cannot start with `acs:`.
Key	string	No	The key of tag N. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. You cannot specify empty strings as tag keys. The tag key can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain `http://` or `https://`. The tag key cannot start with `acs:` or `aliyun`.	operator
Value	string	No	The value of tag N. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot contain `http://` or `https://`. The tag value cannot start with `acs:`.	alice

For more information about common request parameters, see API Reference.

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
User	object	The information about the RAM user.
DisplayName	string	The display name of the RAM user.	test
UserPrincipalName	string	The logon name of the RAM user.	test@example.onaliyun.com
Email	string	The email address of the RAM user. Note This parameter is valid only on the China site (aliyun.com).	alice@example.com
UpdateDate	string	The time when the information about the RAM user was updated.	2020-10-12T09:12:00Z
MobilePhone	string	The mobile phone number of the RAM user. Note This parameter is valid only on the China site (aliyun.com).	86-1868888****
UserId	string	The ID of the RAM user.	20732900249392****
Comments	string	The description.	This is a cloud computing engineer.
LastLoginDate	string	The last time when the RAM user logged on to the Alibaba Cloud Management Console.	2020-10-12T09:12:00Z
CreateDate	string	The time when the RAM user was created.	2020-10-12T09:12:00Z
ProvisionType	string	The source of the RAM user. Valid values: Manual: The RAM user is manually created in the RAM console. SCIM: The RAM user is mapped by using System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM). CloudSSO: The RAM user is mapped from a CloudSSO user.	Manual
Tags	object []	The tag value.
TagKey	string	The tag key.	operator
TagValue	string	The tag value.	alice
RequestId	string	The request ID.	2BB8C44A-2862-4922-AD43-03924749173B

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "User": {
    "DisplayName": "test",
    "UserPrincipalName": "test@example.onaliyun.com",
    "Email": "alice@example.com",
    "UpdateDate": "2020-10-12T09:12:00Z",
    "MobilePhone": "86-1868888****",
    "UserId": "20732900249392****",
    "Comments": "This is a cloud computing engineer.",
    "LastLoginDate": "2020-10-12T09:12:00Z",
    "CreateDate": "2020-10-12T09:12:00Z",
    "ProvisionType": "Manual",
    "Tags": {
      "Tag": [
        {
          "TagKey": "operator",
          "TagValue": "alice"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "RequestId": "2BB8C44A-2862-4922-AD43-03924749173B"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

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