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PATCH – Create an account (Applies to Intel Purley-based systems)

Create an account resource for Redfish service by HTTP PATCH method at an “empty slot” of account array. This method applies to Lenovo Intel Purley-based systems, as the “slots” of account are pre-populated on these systems. In “empty slot”, the value of property “UserName” is empty string.

Request URL

Note
Before creating an account, please make sure the new account name and password follow the rules in AccountService, such as length, password complexity, changing interval, etc.
PATCH https://<BMC_IPADDR>/redfish/v1/AccountService/Accounts/{1...12}

Request body

The request body is the same as 4.2.3.

Response body

The response returns same content as GET operation with updated properties.

Status code

HTTP Status CodeError Message ID
500InternalError

Example

The following example is PATCH body

{
"UserName": "TempUser",
"Password": "Passw0rd4U",
"RoleId": "Administrator",
"SNMP": {
"AuthenticationProtocol": "HMAC_SHA96",
"EncryptionKey": "snmpPassw0rd",
"EncryptionProtocol": "CFB128_AES128"
}
}

The following example JSON response is returned:

{
"Oem": {
"Lenovo": {
"@odata.type": "#LenovoManagerAccount.v1_0_0.LenovoManagerAccount",
"SSHPublicKey": [
null,
null,
null,
null
]
}
},
"Description": "This resource is used to represent an account for the manager for a Redfish implementation.",
"RoleId@Redfish.AllowableValues": [
"Administrator",
"Operator",
"ReadOnly",
"CustomRole2"
],
"UserName": "TempUser",
"Id": "2",
"Name": "User2",
"AccountTypes": [
"Redfish"
],
"@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/AccountService/Accounts/2",
"RoleId": "Administrator",
"Locked": false,
"@odata.etag": "\"d9e5633a7024f737e544883bbd1c5cc332a05d16\"",
"SNMP": {
"AuthenticationProtocol": "HMAC_SHA96",
"EncryptionProtocol": "CFB128_AES128",
"EncryptionKey": null,
"EncryptionKeySet": true
},
"Enabled": false,
"@odata.type": "#ManagerAccount.v1_6_0.ManagerAccount",
"Password": null,
"Links": {
"Role": {
"@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/AccountService/Roles/Administrator"
}
}
}