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Creating a machine user

You must create a machine user for programmatic access to Cloudera on premises.

Steps

Cloudera Management Console UI

  1. Sign in to the Cloudera console.
  2. Click Cloudera Management Console.
  3. Select User Management > Users.
  4. From the Actions menu, select Create Machine User.
  5. Provide a name and click Create.

CLI

  1. Use the following command to create the machine user:
    cdp iam create-machine-user  \
--machine-user-name MACHINE_USER_NAME
  2. Generate an API access key for your machine user by using the following command:
    cdp iam create-machine-user-access-key \
    --machine-user-name MACHINE_USER_NAME

What to do next: You must generate an access key for the machine user.