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You can delete a user using the CLI tool, REST API or the PPaaS Console as shown below:

 

Deleting a user via the CLI

Overview
CLI command
remove-user
DescriptionDelete a specific user.
Command format
remove-user <USERNAME>
Parameter definition
Short optionLong optionDescriptionRequiredExample value
N/AN/AUsername of userYeskim
Example

Delete the user with the username: kim.

remove-user kim
Sample output
User deleted successfully: [user] kim

Deleting a user via the REST API

Overview
DescriptionDelete a specific user.
Resource Path/users/{userName}
HTTP MethodDELETE
Request/Response Formatapplication/json
Command format
curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -v -u <USERNAME>:<PASSWORD> https://<PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST>:<PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT>/api/users/{userName}
  • By default, <USERNAME>:<PASSWORD> is admin:admin.
  • By default, <PRIVATE_PAAS_HOST> is localhost. However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified.
  • By default, <PRIVATE_PAAS_HTTPS_PORT> has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by n, the default port value needs to be incremented by n.
Example

Add the user defined in the user.json file. 

curl -X DELETE -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -v -u admin:admin https://localhost:9443/api/users/kim
Sample output
> DELETE /api/users/kim HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:9443
> Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
> User-Agent: curl/7.43.0
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> 
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 05:10:18 GMT
< Content-Type: application/json
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Server: WSO2 Carbon Server
< 
{"status":"success","message":"User deleted successfully: [user] kim"}

You will come across the following HTTP status codes while deleting a user:

HTTP status code

201, 500

See the descriptions of the HTTP status codes here.

Deleting a user via the PPaaS Console

Follow the instructions below to delete a user:

Only users who belong to the admin user role are allowed to delete users in PPaaS.

  1. Click Users on the home page.
  2. Click Manage Users.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Click Yes to delete the user.
     

 

 

 

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