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---
layout: docs
page_title: Manage Identities
sidebar_title: Manage Identities
description: How to manage Boundary identities
---
# Manage Identities
Identities in Boundary are known as [Principals](/docs/concepts/domain-model/principals). Principals are embodied in two types of resources:
1. Users
1. Groups
Both users and groups can be granted access to resources through [grants](/docs/concepts/domain-model/grants) on [roles](/docs/concepts/domain-model/roles).
In this example, we're going to show you how to create an account and user for
an auth method to allow that user to login to Boundary. Because an
auth method can be at the org and global scopes, we're going to create an
org-scoped auth method in the default generated org.
~> Note that all resource ID's in this example are illustration only - ID's are uniquely generated for every resource upon creation with the exception being
generated resources in `dev mode`. Please make sure to use the resource ID's that are generated when running this example. For example, if you run
`boundary users create`, use the resource ID of the user seen in stdout, not the ID in the example command.
## Create an Auth Method
Create a password auth method in the generated default org:
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI">
```bash
$ boundary auth-methods create password -scope-id o_1234567890 -name org_auth_method -description 'Org auth method'
Auth Method information:
Created Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:32:04 PDT
Description: Org auth method
ID: ampw_PbE6nNT72a
Name: org_auth_method
Type: password
Updated Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:32:04 PDT
Version: 1
Scope:
ID: o_1234567890
Name: Generated org scope
Parent Scope ID: global
Type: org
Attributes:
Minimum Login Name Length: 3
Minimum Password Length: 8
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Admin Console">
1. Navigate to an org, then to auth methods.
1. Choose the **New** button.
1. Fill the auth method details.
1. Choose **Save** and view the auth method edit form page.
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</video>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Terraform">
```hcl
resource "boundary_auth_method" "password" {
name = "org_auth_method"
description = "Password auth method for org"
type = "password"
scope_id = "o_1234567890"
}
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Create Account
Create an account for the org-scoped auth method. Note that user names must be all lowercase alphanumeric and the password must be 6 or more characters.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI">
```bash
boundary accounts create password -auth-method-id ampw_PbE6nNT72a -login-name 'myuser' -password supersecure -name my_account -description 'My password account'
Account information:
Auth Method ID: ampw_PbE6nNT72a
Created Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:35:02 PDT
Description: My password account
ID: apw_BOn3EcqQfe
Name: my_account
Type: password
Updated Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:35:02 PDT
Version: 1
Scope:
ID: o_1234567890
Name: Generated org scope
Parent Scope ID: global
Type: org
Attributes:
Login Name: myuser
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Admin Console">
1. Navigate to orgs > auth methods > auth method, then to the **Accounts** tab.
1. Choose the **New** button.
1. Fill the account details.
1. Choose **Save** and view the account edit form page.
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</video>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Terraform">
```hcl
resource "boundary_account" "my_user" {
name = "myuser"
description = "Login account for my user"
type = "password"
login_name = "myuser"
password = "supersecure"
auth_method_id = "ampw_PbE6nNT72a"
}
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Create a User
Next, create a user at the org scope.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI">
First, create the user resource:
```bash
$ boundary users create -name "myuser" -description "My user resource" -scope-id o_1234567890
User information:
Created Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 06:37:12 PDT
Description: My user resource
ID: u_yXhZpt5PX3
Name: myuser
Updated Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 06:37:12 PDT
Version: 1
Scope:
ID: o_1234567890
Name: Generated org scope
Parent Scope ID: global
Type: org
```
Then associate the user with the account previously created:
```bash
$ boundary users set-accounts -id u_yXhZpt5PX3 -account apw_BOn3EcqQfe
User information:
Created Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:43:43 PDT
Description: My org user
ID: u_yXhZpt5PX3
Name: my_user
Updated Time: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:54:11 PDT
Version: 2
Scope:
ID: o_1234567890
Name: Generated org scope
Parent Scope ID: global
Type: org
Accounts:
ID: apw_BOn3EcqQfe
Scope ID: o_1234567890
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Admin Console">
1. Navigate to an org, then to users.
1. Choose the **New** button.
1. Fill the user details.
1. Choose **Save** and view the user edit form page.
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</video>
Then associate the user with an account:
1. From the user edit form, navigate to the **Accounts** tab.
1. Choose **Add Accounts** from the **Manage** dropdown.
1. Select one or more accounts to associate with the user.
1. Choose the **Add Accounts** button and view the user accounts list.
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</video>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Terraform">
```hcl
resource "boundary_user" "myuser" {
name = "myuser"
description = "My user resource"
# taken from the example account resource defined above
account_ids = [ boundary_account.myuser.id ]
scope_id = "o_1234567890"
}
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Login
Now you can test logging in.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI">
```bash
$ boundary authenticate password -login-name myuser -password supersecure -auth-method-id ampw_PbE6nNT72a
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Admin Console">
1. Navigate to the authenticate page.
1. Choose an org scope with which to authenticate.
1. Fill the credentials.
1. Choose **Authenticate** and view the projects overview for the org.
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type="video/mp4"
src="https://www.datocms-assets.com/2885/1602261004-boundary-clickthrough-manage-identities-login.mp4"
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</video>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Terraform">
```hcl
provider "boundary" {
addr = "http://127.0.0.1:9200"
auth_method_id = "ampw_PbE6nNT72a"
password_auth_method_login_name = "myuser"
password_auth_method_password = "supersecure"
}
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>