---
title: alloydb-create-user
type: docs
weight: 2
description: "The \"alloydb-create-user\" tool creates a new database user within a specified AlloyDB cluster.\n"
aliases: [/resources/tools/alloydb-create-user]
---

## About

The `alloydb-create-user` tool creates a new database user (`ALLOYDB_BUILT_IN`
or `ALLOYDB_IAM_USER`) within a specified cluster. It is compatible with
[alloydb-admin](../../sources/alloydb-admin.md) source.

**Permissions & APIs Required:**
Before using, ensure the following on your GCP project:

1. The [AlloyDB
    API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/alloydb.googleapis.com)
    is enabled.
2. The user or service account executing the tool has one of the following IAM
    roles:
    - `roles/alloydb.admin` (the AlloyDB Admin predefined IAM role)
    - `roles/owner` (the Owner basic IAM role)
    - `roles/editor` (the Editor basic IAM role)

The tool takes the following input parameters:

| Parameter       | Type          | Description                                                                                                   | Required |
| :-------------- | :------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------- |
| `project`       | string        | The GCP project ID where the cluster exists.                                                                  | Yes      |
| `cluster`       | string        | The ID of the existing cluster where the user will be created.                                                | Yes      |
| `location`      | string        | The GCP location where the cluster exists (e.g., `us-central1`).                                              | Yes      |
| `user`          | string        | The name for the new user. Must be unique within the cluster.                                                 | Yes      |
| `userType`      | string        | The type of user. Valid values: `ALLOYDB_BUILT_IN` and `ALLOYDB_IAM_USER`. `ALLOYDB_IAM_USER` is recommended. | Yes      |
| `password`      | string        | A secure password for the user. Required only if `userType` is `ALLOYDB_BUILT_IN`.                            | No       |
| `databaseRoles` | array(string) | Optional. A list of database roles to grant to the new user (e.g., `pg_read_all_data`).                       | No       |

## Example

```yaml
kind: tools
name: create_user
type: alloydb-create-user
source: alloydb-admin-source
description: Use this tool to create a new database user for an AlloyDB cluster.
```

## Reference

| **field**   | **type** | **required** | **description**                                      |
| ----------- | :------: | :----------: | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| type        |  string  |     true     | Must be alloydb-create-user.                         |
| source      |  string  |     true     | The name of an `alloydb-admin` source.               |
| description |  string  |     false    | Description of the tool that is passed to the agent. |