gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/user/profile/account/create_accounts.md

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Creating users (FREE SELF)

You can create users:

• Manually through the sign-in page.
• Manually in the Admin Area.
• Manually using the API.
• Automatically through user authentication integrations.

Create users on sign-in page

Prerequisites:

• Sign-up enabled

Users can create their own accounts by either:

• Selecting the Register now link on the sign-in page.
• Navigating to your GitLab instance's sign-up link. For example: https://gitlab.example.com/users/sign_up.

Create users in Admin Area

Prerequisites:

• You must have administrator access for the instance.

To create a user manually:

1. On the top bar, select Main menu > Admin.
2. On the left sidebar, select Overview > Users (/admin/users).
3. Select New user.
4. Complete the fields.
5. Select Create user.

Create users through authentication integrations

Users are:

• Automatically created upon first sign in with the LDAP integration.
• Created when first signing in using an OmniAuth provider if the allow_single_sign_on setting is present.
• Created when first signing with Group SAML.
• Automatically created by SCIM when the user is created in the identity provider.

Create users through the Rails console

WARNING: Commands that change data can cause damage if not run correctly or under the right conditions. Always run commands in a test environment first and have a backup instance ready to restore.

To create a user through the Rails console:

1. Start a Rails console session.

2. Run the following commands:

   u = User.new(username: 'test_user', email: 'test@example.com', name: 'Test User', password: 'password', password_confirmation: 'password')
   u.skip_confirmation! # Use it only if you wish user to be automatically confirmed. If skipped, user receives confirmation e-mail
   u.save!