---
title: "Create a OVH sub-account and a user account with OVH API"
description: "Create a sub-account and a user account with OVH API to access to OVH Manager"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/manage-and-operate/api/account
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2020-01-02
---
# Create a OVH sub-account and a user account with OVH API

## Objective

We will describe how to create a OVHcloud sub-account in order to create a unique identity that isolates visibility on services, billing.
This guide will also show you how to add one or more logins to this sub-account to provide access the OVHcloud control panel.

## Requirements

- Being connected on [OVHcloud API](https://eu.api.ovh.com/).
- Having [created your credentials for OVHcloud API](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/api/first-steps.md).
- Having a customer account wih Reseller Tag (contact your sales representative for eligibility if applicable).

## Instructions

### Ressources

- /me/subAccount
- /me/identity/user

### Operation process

#### Create a sub-account


🇪🇺EU▾

[POST/me/subAccount](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/me&branch=v1#post-/me/subAccount)

Retrieve and save the resulting ID.

#### Create a ConsumerKey for this sub-account


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[POST/me/subAccount/{id}/createConsumerKey](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/me&branch=v1#post-/me/subAccount/-id-/createConsumerKey)

The ConsumerKey allows you to call the OVHcloud API with the identiy of the sub-account.

#### Create a user for this sub-account

With the previously created ConsumerKey.


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[POST/me/identity/user](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/me&branch=v1#post-/me/identity/user)

- email : add an email address for this user
- login : enter a relevant string for this user
- password : it must meet the requirements of [zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation](https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn) and be valid by testing it on [Pwned Passwords](https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords).

## Go further

Join our [community of users](https://community.ovhcloud.com/).