User, Group, and Host Management

POST Method

Add a Group

To add a group, execute a POST request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request POST --data '{"Name":"photon","Gid":"1125"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/add

The following table lists the parameter:

Example:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request POST --data '{"Name":"photon","Gid":"1125"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/add

Response:

{
   "success":true,
   "message":"group added",
   "errors":""
}

Add a User

To add a user, execute a POST request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request POST --data '{"Name":"photon1"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/user/add

The following table lists the parameter:

Example:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request POST --data '{"Name":"photon1"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/user/add

DELETE Method

Remove a Group

To remove a group, execute a DELETE request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request DELETE --data '{"Name":"photon","Gid":"1125"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/remove

The following table lists the parameters:

Example:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request DELETE --data '{"Name":"photon22"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/remove

Response:

{
   "success":true,
   "message":"group removed",
   "errors":""
}

Remove a User

To remove a user, execute a DELETE request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request DELETE --data '{"Name":"photon1"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/user/remove

Response

{
   "success":true,
   "message":"user removed",
   "errors":""
}

PUT Method

Modify Group

To modify the name of a group, execute a PUT request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request PUT --data '{"Name":"photon6","NewName":"photon33"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/modify

Example:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request PUT --data '{"Name":"photon6","NewName":"photon33"}' http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/modify

GET Method

Host Details

To fetch the details of the host, execute a GET request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request GET http://localhost/api/v1/system/hostname/describe

Example:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request GET http://localhost/api/v1/system/hostname/describe | jq % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 585 100 585 0 0 8374 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 8478

Login Status

You can use the pmctl tool to get login details of users. The following section lists the commands you can use to get the user details.

List Users

To list all the logged in users, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

>pmctl status login user

List Sessions

To list all the logged in sessions, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

>pmctl status login session

Get User based on UID

To get the status of users based on user ID, use pmctl command in the following format:

pmctl status login user <UID>

Example:

>pmctl status login user 2

Get Session based on ID

To get the status of logged in sessions based on the users ID, use the pmctl command in the following format:

pmctl status login session <ID>

Example:

>pmctl status login session 1000

Group Details Using pmctl tool

You can get the group details using commands in pmctl tools. The following section lists the commands you can use in the pmctl tool to get various group details.

Get all Group Details

To fetch all the group details, use the following command in the the pmctl tool.

>pmctl status group
             Gid: 0
            Name: root

             Gid: 1
            Name: daemon

             Gid: 2
            Name: bin

             Gid: 3
            Name: sys

             Gid: 4
            Name: adm
		    .
            .
            .
             Gid: 1001
            Name: photon-mgmt

Get specific Group Details

To fetch specific group details, use the following commands in the pmctl tool:

pmctl status group <GroupName>

or

pmctl status group <GroupName>

Example:

>pmctl status group photon-mgmt
             Gid: 1001
            Name: photon-mgmt

Add a new Group

To add a new group, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

pmctl group add <GroupName> <Gid>

or

pmctl group add <GroupName>

Remove a Group

To remove a group, us the followong command in the omctl tool:

pmctl group remove <GroupName> <Gid>

or

pmctl group remove <GroupName>

Group Details Using cURL command

The following section list the cURL commands that you can use to fetch the groups details.

Get all Group information

To fetch the group details, execute a GET request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request GET http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/view

Get particuller Group information.

To fetch a specific group details, execute a GET request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request GET http://localhost/api/v1/system/group/view/<GroupName>

User Details Using pmctl Tool

You can use the pmctl tool to get the user details. The following section lists the commands to get the user details.

Get all User Details

To get all the user details, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

>pmctl status user
          User Name: root
                Uid: 0
                Gid: 0
              GECOS: root
     Home Directory: /root

          User Name: daemon
                Uid: 1
                Gid: 1
              GECOS: daemon
     Home Directory: /usr/sbin

          User Name: bin
                Uid: 2
                Gid: 2
              GECOS: bin
     Home Directory: /bin

          User Name: sys
                Uid: 3
                Gid: 3
              GECOS: sys
     Home Directory: /dev

          User Name: photon-mgmt
                Uid: 1001
                Gid: 1001
     Home Directory: /home/photon-mgmt

Add a New User

To add a new user, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

pmctl user add <UserName> home-dir <HomeDir> groups <groupsList> uid <Uid> gid <Gid> shell <Shell> password <xxxxxxx>

or

pmctl user a <UserName> -d <HomeDir> -grp <groupsList> -u <Uid> -g <Gid> -s <Shell> -p <xxxxxxx>

Remove a User

To remove a user, use the following command in the pmctl tool:

pmctl user remove <UserName>

or

pmctl user r <UserName>

GET User Details

To fetch user details, execute a GET request in the following format:

curl --unix-socket /run/photon-mgmt/mgmt.sock --request GET http://localhost/api/v1/system/user/view