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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. 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.

Request URL​

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"
        }
    }
}