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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. S3 Interface for MSDP
  4. Identity and Access Management (IAM) for S3 interface for MSDP
  5. IAM APIs for S3 interface for MSDP
  6. CreateUser
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

CreateUser

Creates a new IAM user for MSDP S3.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, See Common Parameters.

  • UserName

    The name of the user to create.

    IAM user names must be unique. User names are case-sensitive.

    Type: String

    Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

    Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

    Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by server.

  • User

    A structure with details about the new IAM user.

    Type: User object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, See Common Error Codes.

  • EntityAlreadyExists

    The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.

    HTTP Status Code: 409

  • InvalidInput

    The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter.

    HTTP Status Code: 400

  • ServiceFailure

    The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.

    HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Sample Request:

https://msdps3.veritas.com:8443/?Action=CreateUser
&UserName=User1
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CreateUserResponse
  xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>1648191428931182703</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
  <CreateUserResult>
    <User>
      <CreateDate>2022-03-25T06:57:08Z</CreateDate>
      <UserName>User1</UserName>
    </User>
  </CreateUserResult>
</CreateUserResponse>

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