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Users ​

Manage users: Add, Delete, Suspend, Unsuspend, etc.

List Users ​

To list all users, use the following command:

bash
opencli user-list

Example output:

bash
opencli user-list
+----+-----------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+---------------------+
| id | username  | email                           | plan_name             | server    | owner   | registered_date     |
+----+-----------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+---------------------+
|  1 | pejcic    | stefan@pejcic.rs                | Nesto trece           | pejcic    | NULL    | 2025-02-19 11:32:05 |
|  2 | nesto     | stefan@netops.com               | Cloud Web Starter     | nesto     | NULL    | 2025-02-19 11:33:28 |
|  5 | jecmenica | jecmenica@jecmenica.rs          | Nginx MySQL Basic     | jecmenica | NULL    | 2025-02-19 14:20:50 |
|  8 | ajde      | ajde                            | LiteSpeed Nginx Boost | ajde      | NULL    | 2025-02-20 09:11:23 |
|  9 | fctuzc3n  | fctuzc3n                        | Nginx MySQL Basic     | fctuzc3n  | pavlaka | 2025-02-20 18:50:07 |
+----+-----------+---------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+---------------------+

You can also format the data as JSON:

bash
opencli user-list --json

To display only user count:

bash
opencli user-list --total

or:

bash
opencli user-list --total --json

Add User ​

opencli user-add <USERNAME> <PASSWORD|generate> <EMAIL> "<PLAN_NAME>" [--send-email] [--debug] [--reseller=<RESELLER_USERNAME>] [--server=<IP_ADDRESS>]  [--key=<SSH_KEY_PATH>]

To create a new user run the following command:

bash
opencli user-add <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> <EMAIL> <PLAN_NAME>

Example:

bash
opencli user-add stefan pejcic324 stefan@pejcic.rs 'Default Plan Nginx'

TIP

Provide random as password to generate a strong random password.

To send email to the email address for the user with login credentials, pass the --send-email flag.

Create user on Slave server ​

To create a new user on another server:

  1. Create ssk key pair and establish ssh connection from master to the slave server.
  2. Run the following command:
bash
opencli user-add <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> <EMAIL> "<PLAN_NAME>" --server=<IP_ADDRESS> --key=<SSH_KEY_PATH>

Example:

bash
opencli user-add stefan pejcic324 stefan@pejcic.rs 'Default Plan Nginx' --server=11.54.64.71 --key=/root/some_key.rsa

Create user for Reseller ​

bash
opencli user-add <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> <EMAIL> "<PLAN_NAME>" --reseller=<RESELLER_USERNAME>

Example:

bash
opencli user-add stefan pejcic324 stefan@pejcic.rs 'Default Plan Nginx' --reseller=pejcic

Delete User ​

To delete a user and all his data run the following command:

bash
opencli user-delete <USERNAME>

add -y flag to disable prompt.

WARNING

This action is irreversible and will permanently delete all user data.

To delete all users and all their data use the --all flag:

bash
opencli user-delete --all

Suspend User ​

To suspend (temporary disable access) to user, run the follwowing command:

bash
opencli user-suspend <USERNAME>

Unsuspend User ​

To unsuspend (enable access) to user, run the follwowing command:

bash
opencli user-unsuspend <USERNAME>

Rename User ​

To change a username run:

bash
opencli user-rename <USERNAME> <NEW_USERNAME>

Change Email ​

To change a email run:

bash
opencli user-email <USERNAME> <NEW_EMAIL>

Change Password ​

To reset the password for a OpenPanel user, you can use the user-password command:

bash
opencli user-password <USERNAME> <NEW_PASSWORD> --ssh

Use the --ssh flag to also change the password for the SSH user in the container.

Login as User ​

This command allows you to login as the root user inside any users container.

To list all users and select user to login:

bash
opencli user-login

To login directly as a specific user:

bash
opencli user-login <USERNAME>

Check / Disable 2FA ​

To disable Two-Factor Authentication for a user, run the following command:

bash
opencli user-2fa <USERNAME> [disable]

Assign / Remove IP to User ​

To assign free IP address to a user run the following command:

bash
opencli user-ip <USERNAME> <IP_ADDRESS>

To assign IP address that is currently used by another user to this user, run the following command:

bash
opencli user-ip <USERNAME> <IP_ADDRESS> --y

To remove dedicated IP address from a user run:

bash
opencli user-ip <USERNAME> delete

View disk usage for user ​

To list real-time disk and inodes usage for a user:

bash
opencli user-disk <USERNAME> <summary|detail|path> [--json]

Example usage:

  • Disk usage summary for user:

    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba summary

-------------- disk usage --------------
- 564M	/home/proba
- 864M	/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184
    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba summary --json

{"home_directory_usage": "564564", "docker_container_usage": "883864", "home_path": "/home/proba", "docker_path": "/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184"}

  • Detailed disk usage report for user:

    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba detail
------------- home directory -------------
- home directory:        /home/proba
- mountpoint:            /home/proba
- bytes used:            61440
- bytes total:           10375548928
- bytes limit:           true
- inodes used:           20
- inodes total:          1000960
---------------- container ---------------
- container directory:   /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184
- bytes used:            1025388544
- bytes total:           10726932480
- inodes used:           20905
- inodes total:          5242880
- storage driver:        devicemapper
    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba detail --json

{
  "user": "proba",
  "home": {
    "path": "/home/proba",
    "bytes_used": "61440",
    "bytes_total": "10375548928",
    "bytes_limit": true,
    "inodes_used": "20",
    "inodes_total": "1000960"
  },
  "container": {
    "path": "/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184",
    "storage_driver": "devicemapper",
    "bytes_used": "1025388544",
    "bytes_total": "10726932480",
    "inodes_used": "20905",
    "inodes_total": "5242880"
  }
}

  • Paths for user:

    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba path

-------------- paths --------------
- home_directory=/home/proba
- docker_container_path=/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184
    bash
    # opencli user-disk proba path --json

{"home_directory": "/home/proba","docker_container_path": "/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/ac28d2b066f5ffcacf4510b042623f6a3c196bd4f5fb9e842063c5325e4d0184"}

View login log ​

View up to last 20 successfull logins for the user.

bash
opencli user-loginlog <USERNAME> [--json]

REDIS ​

Check REDIS service status for user and enable/disable REDIS® service.

bash
opencli user-redis [check|enable|disable] <USERNAME>

Example:

bash
opencli user-redis check stefan

Memcached is not installed for user stefan.

Memcached ​

Check Memcached service status for user and enable/disable Memcached service.

bash
opencli user-memcached [check|enable|disable] <USERNAME>

Example:

bash
opencli user-memcached enable stefan

Memcached enabled successfully for user stefan.

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