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Manage users

Users are managed at the account level and are linked to logins or service accounts for programmatic use to gain access to Firebolt. Roles are granted to users to determine access to objects in Firebolt. You can add, edit or delete users using SQL or in the UI.

To view all users, click Govern to open the govern space, then choose Users from the menu, or query the information_schema.users view.

Managing users requires either the account_admin or security_admin role.

Create a new user

SQL

To create a user using SQL, use the CREATE USER statement. For example:

CREATE USER alex;

UI

To create a user via the UI:

Govern > Users

  1. Click Govern to open the govern space, then choose Users from the menu.
  2. From the Users management page, choose Create user.

  3. Enter the new user’s name. This user name can be any string - it can contain spaces, and non-alpha-numeric characters such as exclamation points (!), percent signs (%), at sign(@), dot sign (.), underscore sign (_), minus sign (-), and asterisks (*), but if the string contains these spaces or non-alphanumeric characters, it must be enclosed in single or double quotes.

  4. Optionally, you can:
    • Choose Associate a login or Associate a service account, then choose the relevant login or service account from the list.
    • Choose a default database for the user.
    • Choose a default engine for the user.
    • Choose roles to be granted to the user.

Edit an existing user

SQL

To edit an existing user using SQL, use the ALTER USER statement. For example:

ALTER USER "alex" RENAME TO "alexs";

or

ALTER USER alex SET LOGIN="alexs@acme.com";

UI

To edit a user via the UI:

  1. Click Govern to open the govern space, then choose Users from the menu.
  2. Search for the relevant user using the top search filters or by scrolling through the users’ list. Hover over the right-most column to make the user menu appear, then choose Edit user.
  3. Edit the desired fields and choose Save.

Edit user

Deleting an existing user

SQL

To delete an existing user using SQL, use the DROP USER statement. For example:

DROP USER "alex";

UI

To delete a user via the UI:

  1. Click Govern to open the govern space, then choose Users from the menu.
  2. Search for the relevant user using the top search filters or by scrolling through the users list. Hover over the right-most column to make the user menu appear, then choose Delete user.
  3. Choose Confirm.

Delete user