Accounts

1: Add an Account

2: Rename an Account

3: List Accounts

4: Delete an Account

Accounts

Accounts are the primary unit for resource usage accounting. Each account is a separate name space and is identified by its account number (fixed) and account alias/name (modifiable). Tasks performed at the account level can only be done by the users in the eucalyptus account.

1 - Add an Account

To add an account perform the steps listed in this topic.To add a new account:

Enter the following command:

euare-accountcreate -a <account_name>

Eucalyptus returns the account name and its ID, as in this example:

account01 	592459037010

2 - Rename an Account

To rename an account perform the steps listed in this topic.To change an account’s name:

Enter the following command:

uare-accountaliascreate -a <new_name>

3 - List Accounts

To list accounts perform the steps in this topic.Use the euare-accountlist command to list all the accounts in an account or to list all the users with a particular path prefix. The output lists the ARN for each resulting user.

euare-userlistbypath -p <path>

4 - Delete an Account

To delete an account perform the steps listed in this topic.

Note

If there are resources tied to the account that you delete, the resources remain. We recommend that you delete these resources first.

Enter the following command:

euare-accountdel -a <account_name> -r true

Use the -r option set to true to delete the account recursively. You don’t have to use this option if have already deleted users, keys, and passwords in this account.

Eucalyptus does not return any message.