Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Create IAM Users

You can create Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) users for less typical user scenarios, such as emergency administrator access.

Note

This topic applies only to tenancies that do not use identity domains. See Differences Between Tenancies With and Without Identity Domains.

For more information about IAM users, see Managing Users in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Users.
  2. Click Create User.
  3. In the resulting page, select IAM User.
  4. Fill the required fields, and click Create.
  5. Add the user to an IAM group with specific access.
    1. Under Identity, select Groups.
    2. From the groups list, click the group to which you want to add the user.
    3. Click Add User to Group.
    4. In the Add User to Group dialog, select the user you created from the drop-down list in the Users field, and click Add.
  6. Create the user's password.
    1. From the Group Members table on the Group Details screen, select the user you added.
    2. Click Create/Reset Password. The Create/Reset Password dialog is displayed with a one-time password listed.
    3. Click Copy, then Close.
  7. Provide read only users the information they need to sign in.
    1. Copy the password in an email to the user.
    2. Instruct the user to sign in using the User Name and Password fields.
    3. Upon signing in, the user will be prompted to change the password.