Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a User

Create a user account for a user in an OCI IAM identity domain.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Domains.
  2. Click the name of the identity domain that you want to work in. You might need to change the compartment to find the domain that you want. Then, click Users.
  3. Click Create user.
  4. In the First name and Last name fields enter the user's name.
  5. To have the user sign in with their email address, follow these steps:
    1. Leave the Use the email address as the username checkbox selected.
    2. In the Username / Email field, enter the email address for the user account.
  6. To have the user sign in with their user name, follow these steps:
    1. Clear the Use the email address as the username checkbox.
    2. In the Username field, enter the username for the user.

      The following characters are allowed:

      • a-z
      • A-Z
      • 0-9
      • Special characters ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + = - { } [ ] | \ : " ' ; < > ? / . ,
      • Blank spaces
    3. In the Email field, enter the email address for the user account.
      Note

      If the Primary email address required checkbox is selected on the Domain settings page, then you must provide an email address in the Email field to create the user account.

      If the Primary email address required checkbox is not selected, then you can create the account without entering an email address in the Email field.

  7. To assign the user to a group, select the checkbox for each group that you want to assign to the user account.
  8. Click Create.