# Add New API User

To create a **new API user**, you should go to **API Users** under **Users** menu.

1\.      Click to **API Users** on the left pane to navigate to the User Settings.

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2\.     On API Management screen, click **Add (+)** button on the right top section.

3\.     Enter API User properties, then click **Submit** button.

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<table><thead><tr><th width="184">Fields</th><th>Descriptions</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Username</td><td>You will use this username to login for VirtualMetric API requests.</td></tr><tr><td>Role</td><td><p></p><p>You can use following user roles:</p><ul><li><strong>Admin:</strong> Full access on all servers and clusters. Admin role can query/update all System Settings, Notification Rules, Device Groups etc.</li><li><strong>User:</strong> Monitoring access on selected servers and clusters. User role can not query/update System Settings, Notification Rules, Device Groups etc.</li><li><strong>Read Only:</strong> Only can see the dashboard's.  </li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Description for the API User. This is an extra explanation area for API User. You can add details like role of API User, or customer information like name etc.</td></tr><tr><td>Password</td><td>Password for the written username</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>Status of API user. If you make it Disabled, then the API user will not be able to login for VirtualMetric API requests. You can change user status to Active / Disabled anytime.</td></tr><tr><td>Timezone</td><td>Timezone of new API User</td></tr></tbody></table>