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Create an S3 user configuration

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POST /protocols/s3/services/{svm.uuid}/users

Introduced In: 9.7

Creates the S3 user configuration.

Important notes

  • Each SVM can have one or more user configurations.

  • If user creation is successful, a user access_key and secret_key is returned as part of the response.

  • If user keys have expiry configuration, then "key_expiry_time" is also returned as part of the response.

Required properties

  • svm.uuid - Existing SVM in which to create the user configuration.

  • name - User name that is to be created.

Default property values

  • comment - ""

  • vserver object-store-server user create

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

  • Default value:

svm.uuid

string

path

True

UUID of the SVM to which this object belongs.

Request Body

Name Type Description

access_key

string

Specifies the access key for the user.

comment

string

Can contain any additional information about the user being created or modified.

key_expiry_time

string

Specifies the date and time after which keys expire and are no longer valid.

key_time_to_live

string

Indicates the time period from when this parameter is specified:

  • when creating or modifying a user or

  • when the user keys were last regenerated, after which the user keys expire and are no longer valid.

  • Valid format is: 'PnDTnHnMnS|PnW'. For example, P2DT6H3M10S specifies a time period of 2 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, and 10 seconds.

  • If the value specified is '0' seconds, then the keys won't expire.

name

string

Specifies the name of the user. A user name length can range from 1 to 64 characters and can only contain the following combination of characters 0-9, A-Z, a-z, "_", "+", "=", ",", ".","@", and "-".

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.
Example request 
{
  "access_key": "HJAKU28M3SXTE2UXUACV",
  "comment": "S3 user",
  "key_expiry_time": "2024-01-01 00:00:00 +0000",
  "key_time_to_live": "PT6H3M",
  "name": "user-1",
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  }
}

Response

Status: 201, Created
Name Type Description

num_records

integer

Number of records

records

array[s3_service_user_post_response]
Example response 
{
  "num_records": 1,
  "records": {
    "_links": {
      "next": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      },
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "access_key": "HJAKU28M3SXTE2UXUACV",
    "name": "user-1",
    "secret_key": "BcA_HX6If458llhnx3n1TCO3mg4roCXG0ddYf_cJ"
  }
}

Headers

Name Description Type

Location

Useful for tracking the resource location

string

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

92405787

User name "User#1" contains invalid characters. Valid characters for a user name are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, "_", "+", "=", ",", ".", "@", and "-".

92405788

User name "User0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345" is not valid. User names must have between 1 and 64 characters.

92405791

Failed to create access-key and secret-key.

92405817

SVM "\" is not a data SVM. Specify a data SVM.

92406083

The maximum supported value for user key expiry configuration is "1095" days.

92406096

The user does not have permission to access the requested resource \"{0}\".

92406097

Internal error. The operation configuration is not correct.
Name Type Description

error

returned_error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string"
    },
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

s3_user

This is a container of S3 users.

Name Type Description

access_key

string

Specifies the access key for the user.

comment

string

Can contain any additional information about the user being created or modified.

key_expiry_time

string

Specifies the date and time after which keys expire and are no longer valid.

key_time_to_live

string

Indicates the time period from when this parameter is specified:

  • when creating or modifying a user or

  • when the user keys were last regenerated, after which the user keys expire and are no longer valid.

  • Valid format is: 'PnDTnHnMnS|PnW'. For example, P2DT6H3M10S specifies a time period of 2 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, and 10 seconds.

  • If the value specified is '0' seconds, then the keys won't expire.

name

string

Specifies the name of the user. A user name length can range from 1 to 64 characters and can only contain the following combination of characters 0-9, A-Z, a-z, "_", "+", "=", ",", ".","@", and "-".

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.
Name Type Description

next

href

self

href

s3_service_user_post_response

Name Type Description

_links

collection_links

access_key

string

Specifies the access key for the user.

name

string

The name of the user.

secret_key

string

Specifies the secret key for the user.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

returned_error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.