ovhcloud_cloud_managed-database_user_create.md

March 31, 2026 · View on GitHub

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create

Create a new user in the given managed database service

Synopsis

Use this command to create a user in the given managed database service. There are two ways to define the creation parameters:

Using only CLI flags:

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> --name myuser

For PostgreSQL and MongoDB engines, you can also specify roles:

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> --name myuser --roles role1,role2

For Valkey engine, you can specify permissions:

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> --name myuser --categories "+@read" --commands "+get"

2. Using your default text editor:

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> --name myuser --editor

You will be able to choose from several examples of parameters. Once an example has been selected, the CLI will open your default text editor to update the parameters. When saving the file, the creation will start.

Note that it is also possible to override values in the presented examples using command line flags like the following:

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> --name myuser --editor --roles role1,role2

ovhcloud cloud managed-database user create <service_id> [flags]

Options

      --categories strings   Command categories the user can execute (valkey only)
      --channels strings     Channels the user can subscribe to (valkey only)
      --commands strings     Commands the user can execute (valkey only)
      --editor               Use a text editor to define parameters
  -h, --help                 help for create
      --keys strings         Keys the user can access (valkey only)
      --name string          Name of the user to create
      --roles strings        Roles granted to the user (postgresql and mongodb only)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --cloud-project string   Cloud project ID
  -d, --debug                  Activate debug mode (will log all HTTP requests details)
  -e, --ignore-errors          Ignore errors in API calls when it is not fatal to the execution
  -o, --output string          Output format: json, yaml, interactive, or a custom format expression (using https://github.com/PaesslerAG/gval syntax)
                               Examples:
                                 --output json
                                 --output yaml
                                 --output interactive
                                 --output 'id' (to extract a single field)
                                 --output 'nested.field.subfield' (to extract a nested field)
                                 --output '[id, "name"]' (to extract multiple fields as an array)
                                 --output '{"newKey": oldKey, "otherKey": nested.field}' (to extract and rename fields in an object)
                                 --output 'name+","+type' (to extract and concatenate fields in a string)
                                 --output '(nbFieldA + nbFieldB) * 10' (to compute values from numeric fields)
      --profile string         Use a specific profile from the configuration file