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  1. superseb revised this gist Jul 4, 2022. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion create_user_and_kubeconfig_rancher2.sh
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    @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CLUSTERID=`curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/clusters?name=$CLUSTERN
    curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/clusterroletemplatebinding -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"type":"clusterRoleTemplateBinding","clusterId":"'$CLUSTERID'","userPrincipalId":"local://'$USERID'","roleTemplateId":"'$CLUSTERROLE'"}' --insecure

    # Login as user and get usertoken
    LOGINRESPONSE=`curl -s $RANCHERENDPOINT-public/localProviders/local?action=login -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"username":"'$USERNAME'","password":"'$PASSWORD'"}' --insecure`
    LOGINRESPONSE=`curl -s $RANCHERENDPOINT/v3-public/localProviders/local?action=login -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"username":"'$USERNAME'","password":"'$PASSWORD'"}' --insecure`
    USERTOKEN=`echo $LOGINRESPONSE | jq -r .token`

    # Generate and save kubeconfig
  2. superseb created this gist Jun 15, 2018.
    33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions create_user_and_kubeconfig_rancher2.sh
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    #!/bin/bash
    RANCHERENDPOINT=https://your_rancher_endpoint/v3
    # The name of the cluster where the user needs to be added
    CLUSTERNAME=your_cluster_name
    # Username, password and realname of the user
    USERNAME=username
    PASSWORD=password
    REALNAME=myrealname
    # Role of the user
    GLOBALROLE=user
    CLUSTERROLE=cluster-member
    # Admin bearer token to create user
    ADMINBEARERTOKEN=token-xxxxx:x

    # Create user and assign role
    USERID=`curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/user -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"me":false,"mustChangePassword":false,"type":"user","username":"'$USERNAME'","password":"'$PASSWORD'","name":"'$REALNAME'"}' --insecure | jq -r .id`
    curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/globalrolebinding -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"type":"globalRoleBinding","globalRoleId":"'$GLOBALROLE'","userId":"'$USERID'"}' --insecure

    # Get clusterid from name
    CLUSTERID=`curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/clusters?name=$CLUSTERNAME --insecure | jq -r .data[].id`

    # Add user as member to cluster
    curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/clusterroletemplatebinding -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"type":"clusterRoleTemplateBinding","clusterId":"'$CLUSTERID'","userPrincipalId":"local://'$USERID'","roleTemplateId":"'$CLUSTERROLE'"}' --insecure

    # Login as user and get usertoken
    LOGINRESPONSE=`curl -s $RANCHERENDPOINT-public/localProviders/local?action=login -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"username":"'$USERNAME'","password":"'$PASSWORD'"}' --insecure`
    USERTOKEN=`echo $LOGINRESPONSE | jq -r .token`

    # Generate and save kubeconfig
    curl -s -u $USERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/clusters/$CLUSTERID?action=generateKubeconfig -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' --insecure | jq -r .config > kubeconfig

    # Set mustChangePassword to true for user to change password upon login
    curl -s -u $ADMINBEARERTOKEN $RANCHERENDPOINT/users/$USERID -X PUT -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"mustChangePassword":true}' --insecure