Manage bucket users

Our customer interface Cockpit allows you to create and manage users for our "Object Storage" product in a self service fashion.

Users can be managed via the Cockpit, nctl, or the API.
A user can only be granted access to buckets that are created in the same Location.

Create Users

Cockpit

You can create users under the Bucket Users tab in Cockpit.

nctl

1. Make sure nctl is installed.

2. Authenticate with our API using nctl:

   nctl auth login

3. Create a new user:

   nctl create bucketuser <name>

   note

   If you want to specify a location, the default is nine-cz42.

   Example:

   nctl create bucketuser <name> --location=nine-cz42

Update Users

Cockpit

You can update users under the Bucket Users tab in Cockpit.

nctl

1. Examples:

   Reset credentials:

   nctl update bucketuser <name> --reset-credentials

Delete Users

You can delete users via the Cockpit or using nctl.
Please note that users who still have access to buckets may need to be removed from those first.

Cockpit

You can delete users under the Bucket Users tab in Cockpit.

nctl

1. Example:

   nctl delete bucketuser <name>