Users
By default, Coder is accessible via password authentication. For production deployments, we recommend using an SSO authentication provider with multi-factor authentication (MFA). It is your responsibility to ensure the auth provider enforces MFA correctly.
Configuring SSO
- OpenID Connect (e.g. Okta, KeyCloak, PingFederate, Azure AD)
- GitHub (or GitHub Enterprise)
Groups
Multiple users can be organized into logical groups to control which templates they can use. While groups can be manually created in Coder, we recommend syncing them from your identity provider.
Roles
Roles determine which actions users can take within the platform. Typically,
most developers in your organization have the Member role, allowing them to
create workspaces. Other roles have administrative capabilities such as
auditing, managing users, and managing templates.
User status
Coder user accounts can have different status types: active, dormant, and suspended.
Active user
An active user account in Coder is the default and desired state for all users. When a user's account is marked as active, they have complete access to the Coder platform and can utilize all of its features and functionalities without any limitations. Active users can access workspaces, templates, and interact with Coder using CLI.
Dormant user
A user account is set to dormant status when they have not yet logged in, or have not logged into the Coder platform for the past 90 days. Once the user logs in to the platform, the account status will switch to active.
Dormant accounts do not count towards the total number of licensed seats in a Coder subscription, allowing organizations to optimize their license usage.
Suspended user
When a user's account is marked as suspended in Coder, it means that the account has been temporarily deactivated, and the user is unable to access the platform.
Only user administrators or owners have the necessary permissions to manage suspended accounts and decide whether to lift the suspension and allow the user back into the Coder environment. This level of control ensures that administrators can enforce security measures and handle any compliance-related issues promptly.
Similar to dormant users, suspended users do not count towards the total number of licensed seats.
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/latest
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
As of 2.17.0, users can reset their password independently on the login screen by clicking "Forgot Password." This feature requires email notifications to be configured on the deployment.
To reset a user's password as an administrator 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>
Resetting a user's password, e.g., the initial
ownerrole-based user, only works when run on the host running the Coder control plane.
Resetting a password on Kubernetes
kubectl exec -it deployment/coder /bin/bash -n coder
coder reset-password <username>
User filtering
In the Coder UI, you can filter your users using pre-defined filters or by utilizing the Coder's filter query. The examples provided below demonstrate how to use the Coder's filter query:
- To find active users, use the filter
status:active. - To find admin users, use the filter
role:admin. - To find users who have not been active since July 2023:
status:active last_seen_before:"2023-07-01T00:00:00Z" - To find users who were created between January 1 and January 18, 2023:
created_before:"2023-01-18T00:00:00Z" created_after:"2023-01-01T23:59:59Z"
The following filters are supported:
status- Indicates the status of the user. It can be eitheractive,dormantorsuspended.role- Represents the role of the user. You can refer to the TemplateRole documentation for a list of supported user roles.last_seen_beforeandlast_seen_after- The last time a user has used the platform (e.g. logging in, any API requests, connecting to workspaces). Uses the RFC3339Nano format.created_beforeandcreated_after- The time a user was created. Uses the RFC3339Nano format.