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Initial setup

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ARVADOS_API_HOST={{ site.arvados_api_host }}
ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm1234567890zzzz
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In these examples, @zzzzz-tpzed-3kz0nwtjehhl0u4@ is the sample user account.  Replace with the uuid of the user you wish to manipulate.

See "user management":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/activation.html for an overview of how to use these commands.

h3. Setup a user

This creates a default git repository and VM login.  Enables user to self-activate using Workbench.

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<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">arv user setup --uuid zzzzz-tpzed-3kz0nwtjehhl0u4</span>
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h3. Deactivate user

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<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">arv user unsetup --uuid zzzzz-tpzed-3kz0nwtjehhl0u4</span>
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When deactivating a user, you may also want to "reassign ownership of their data":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/reassign-ownership.html .

h3. Directly activate user

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<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">arv user update --uuid "zzzzz-tpzed-3kz0nwtjehhl0u4" --user '{"is_active":true}'</span>
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Note: this bypasses user agreements checks, and does not set up the user with a default git repository or VM login.

h3(#create-token). Create a token for a user

As an admin, you can create tokens for other users.

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<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">arv api_client_authorization create --api-client-authorization '{"owner_uuid": "zzzzz-tpzed-fr97h9t4m5jffxs"}'</span>
{
 "href":"/api_client_authorizations/zzzzz-gj3su-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy",
 "kind":"arvados#apiClientAuthorization",
 "etag":"9yk144t0v6cvyp0342exoh2vq",
 "uuid":"zzzzz-gj3su-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy",
 "owner_uuid":"zzzzz-tpzed-fr97h9t4m5jffxs",
 "created_at":"2020-03-12T20:36:12.517375422Z",
 "modified_by_client_uuid":null,
 "modified_by_user_uuid":null,
 "modified_at":null,
 "user_id":3,
 "api_client_id":7,
 "api_token":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
 "created_by_ip_address":null,
 "default_owner_uuid":null,
 "expires_at":null,
 "last_used_at":null,
 "last_used_by_ip_address":null,
 "scopes":["all"]
}
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To get the token string, combine the values of @uuid@ and @api_token@ in the form "v2/$uuid/$api_token".  In this example the string that goes in @ARVADOS_API_TOKEN@ would be:

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ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=v2/zzzzz-gj3su-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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h2. Adding Permissions

h3. VM login

Give @$user_uuid@ permission to log in to @$vm_uuid@ as @$target_username@

<pre>
user_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
vm_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
target_username=xxxxxxxchangeme

read -rd $'\000' newlink <<EOF; arv link create --link "$newlink"
{
"tail_uuid":"$user_uuid",
"head_uuid":"$vm_uuid",
"link_class":"permission",
"name":"can_login",
"properties":{"username":"$target_username"}
}
EOF
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h3. Git repository

Give @$user_uuid@ permission to commit to @$repo_uuid@ as @$repo_username@

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user_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
repo_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
repo_username=xxxxxxxchangeme

read -rd $'\000' newlink <<EOF; arv link create --link "$newlink"
{
"tail_uuid":"$user_uuid",
"head_uuid":"$repo_uuid",
"link_class":"permission",
"name":"can_write",
"properties":{"username":"$repo_username"}
}
EOF
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