group_create

This job creates a new group with a given name and syncs the change on all nodes.

Mandatory Parameters

Parameter Name Data Type Description
groupname string String containing the name of the new group.
groupid string, integer Integer value or string containing the ID of the new group.

Optional Parameters

There are no optional parameters.

Substitute Parameters

There are no substitute parameters.

Allowed Users

The following users are allowed to run this job:

  • root

Allowed Groups

The following groups are allowed to run this job:

  • root
  • exaadm

Examples

The following code snippets show how to use this job using both Python (via XML-RPC) and on the command-line using confd_client.

conn.job_exec('group_create', {'params': {"groupname": "exausers", "groupid": 42}})
confd_client -c group_create -a '{"groupname": "exausers", "groupid": 42}'