Update user
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This API call updates a cluster user account.
Authentication
To execute this request, you need the Service Provider API (ServiceProviderAPI) permission assigned to your API token. Generate your API token via Cluster Management Console (CMC). To learn how to obtain and use it, see Cluster API - Authentication.
Endpoint
/api/v1.0/onpremise/users
Parameter
| Parameter | Type | Description | In | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| body | UserConfig | The JSON body of the request, containing parameters of the user. | body | optional |
Request body objects
The UserConfig object
The configuration of the user.
| Element | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| string | User's email address | required | |
| firstName | string | User's first name | required |
| groups | string[] | List of user's user group IDs. | optional |
| id | string | User ID | required |
| lastName | string | User's last name | required |
| passwordClearText | string | User's password in a clear text; used only to set initial password | optional |
Request body JSON model
This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.
1{2 "email": "string",3 "firstName": "string",4 "groups": [5 "string"6 ],7 "id": "string",8 "lastName": "string",9 "passwordClearText": "string"10}
Response
Response codes
| Code | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | UserConfig | Successfully updated |
| 400 | - | Operation failed. The input is invalid. Possible reasons:
|
| 403 | - | Operation forbidden - users and groups are fully managed via LDAP or SSO |
| 404 | - | Not found |
| 406 | - | Unacceptable request |
| 524 | - | Email address already registered |
Response body objects
The UserConfig object
The configuration of the user.
| Element | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| string | User's email address | |
| firstName | string | User's first name |
| groups | string[] | List of user's user group IDs. |
| id | string | User ID |
| lastName | string | User's last name |
| passwordClearText | string | User's password in a clear text; used only to set initial password |
Response body JSON model
1{2 "email": "string",3 "firstName": "string",4 "groups": [5 "string"6 ],7 "id": "string",8 "lastName": "string",9 "passwordClearText": "string"10}
Example
In this example, you update the john.wicked user to assign admins group membership only. As a response, you will receive back current state of the entity.
Curl
1curl -X PUT "https://myManaged.cluster.com/api/v1.0/onpremise/users" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"id\":\"john.wicked\",\"email\":\"john.wicked@company.com\",\"firstName\":\"John\",\"lastName\":\"Wicked\",\"passwordClearText\":null,\"groups\":[\"admin\"]}"
Request URL
1https://myManaged.cluster.com/api/v1.0/onpremise/users
Response body
1{2 "id": "john.wicked",3 "email": "john.wicked@company.com",4 "firstName": "John",5 "lastName": "Wicked",6 "passwordClearText": null,7 "groups": [8 "admin"9 ]10 }
Response code
200