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AddAccount

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You can use AddAccount to add a new account to the system. You can also use this method to create new volumes under the new account as the account is created. The Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) settings you specify for the account apply to all volumes owned by the account.

Parameters

This method has the following input parameters:

Name Description Type Default value Required

attributes

List of name-value pairs in JSON object format.

JSON object

None

No

enableChap

Specifies whether CHAP account credentials can be used by an initiator to access volumes.

boolean

true

No

initiatorSecret

The CHAP secret to use for the initiator. This secret must be 12 to 16 characters in length and should be impenetrable. The initiator CHAP secret must be unique and cannot be the same as the target CHAP secret. If not specified, a random secret is created.

string

None

No

targetSecret

The CHAP secret to use for the target (mutual CHAP authentication). This secret must be 12 to 16 characters in length and should be impenetrable. The target CHAP secret must be unique and cannot be the same as the initiator CHAP secret. If not specified, a random secret is created.

string

None

No

username

The unique username for this account. (Must be 1 to 64 characters in length).

string

None

Yes

Return value

This method has the following return values:

Name

Description

Type

account

An object containing information about the newly created account.

account

accountID

The ID of the newly created account object.

integer

Request example

Requests for this method are similar to the following example:

{
	"method": "AddAccount",
    "params": {
     "username"  : "bobsmith",
     "initiatorSecret" : "168[#5A757ru268)",
     "targetSecret" : "tlt<,8TUYa7bC",
     "attributes" : {
       "billingcode" : 2345
     }
   },
   "id" : 1
}

Response example

This method returns a response similar to the following example:

{
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "account": {
      "accountID": 90,
      "attributes": {
        "billingcode": 2345
      },
      "initiatorSecret": "168[#5A757ru268)",
      "status": "active",
      "storageContainerID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "targetSecret": "tlt<,8TUYa7bC",
      "username": "bobsmith",
      "volumes": [],
      "enableChap": true
    },
    "accountID": 90
  }
}

New since version

9.6