Creating a user in the Multicloud Object Gateway

Before you begin

A running Fusion Data Foundation Platform.
Download the MCG command-line interface for easier management.
```
subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
```
```
yum install mcg
```
Note: Specify the appropriate architecture for enabling the repositories using the subscription manager.
- For IBM Power, use the following command:
```
subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-ppc64le-rpms
```
- For IBM Z infrastructure, use the following command:
```
subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-odf-4-for-rhel-8-s390x-rpms
```
Alternatively, you can install the MCG package from the RPMs found at Download Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation page.

Note: Choose the correct Product Variant according to your architecture.

Procedure

Run the following command to create an MCG user account:

odf noobaa account create <noobaa-account-name> [--allow_bucket_create=true] [--default_resource=''] [--force_md5_etag=false] [--gid=-1] [--new_buckets_path='/'] [--nsfs_account_config=false] [--nsfs_only=true] [--uid=-1]

<allow_bucket_create>: Specify if this account be allowed to create new buckets.
<default_resource>: Specify the default resource on which new buckets are created.
<force_md5_etag>: Specify if md5 etag calculation be enabled for the account.
<gid_number>: Specify the GID number.
<new_buckets_path>: Specify the path where the new buckets are created.
<nsfs_account_config>: Specify if NSFS account needs to be created.
<nsfs_only>: Set if this account is used only for NSFS.
<uid_number>: Specify the UID number.