Users
This article walks you through the user roles available in Coder and creating and managing users.
Roles
Coder offers these user roles in the community edition:
| Auditor | User Admin | Template Admin | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add and remove Users | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Manage groups (enterprise) | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Change User roles | ✅ | |||
| Manage ALL Templates | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| View, update and delete ALL Workspaces | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Execute and use ALL Workspaces | ✅ | |||
| View all user operation Audit Logs | ✅ | ✅ |
A user may have one or more roles. All users have an implicit Member role that may use personal workspaces.
Create a user
To create a user with the web UI:
- Log in as a user admin.
- Go to Users > New user.
- In the window that opens, provide the username, email, and password for the user (they can opt to change their password after their initial login).
- Click Submit to create the user.
The new user will appear in the Users list. Use the toggle to change their Roles if desired.
To create a user via the Coder CLI, run:
coder users create
When prompted, provide the username and email for the new user.
You'll receive a response that includes the following; share the instructions with the user so that they can log into Coder:
Download the Coder command line for your operating system:
https://github.com/coder/coder/releases
Run coder login https://<accessURL>.coder.app to authenticate.
Your email is: [email protected]
Your password is: <redacted>
Create a workspace coder create !
Suspend a user
User admins can suspend a user, removing the user's access to Coder.
To suspend a user via the web UI:
- Go to Users.
- Find the user you want to suspend, click the vertical ellipsis to the right, and click Suspend.
- In the confirmation dialog, click Suspend.
To suspend a user via the CLI, run:
coder users suspend <username|user_id>
Confirm the user suspension by typing yes and pressing enter.
Activate a suspended user
User admins can activate a suspended user, restoring their access to Coder.
To activate a user via the web UI:
- Go to Users.
- Find the user you want to activate, click the vertical ellipsis to the right, and click Activate.
- In the confirmation dialog, click Activate.
To activate a user via the CLI, run:
coder users activate <username|user_id>
Confirm the user activation by typing yes and pressing enter.
Reset a password
To reset a user's via the web UI:
- Go to Users.
- Find the user whose password you want to reset, click the vertical ellipsis to the right, and select Reset password.
- Coder displays a temporary password that you can send to the user; copy the password and click Reset password.
Coder will prompt the user to change their temporary password immediately after logging in.
You can also reset a password via the CLI:
# run `coder reset-password <username> --help` for usage instructions
coder reset-password <username>