---
title: "Create System Account"
method: POST
path: "/v3/system-accounts"
tags: ["System Accounts"]
---

# Create System Account

`POST /v3/system-accounts`

Creates a system account. Returns a 409 if a system account with the same name already exists.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — Name of the system account.
  - `description` string, required — Description of the system account. Useful when the system account name is not sufficient to differentiate one system account from another.
  - `konnect_managed` boolean — The system account is managed by Konnect (true/false).

## Response `201`

A response including a single system account.

- SystemAccount — Schema of the system account.
  - `id` string, uuid — ID of the system account.
  - `name` string — Name of the system account.
  - `description` string — Description of the system account.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — Timestamp of when the system account was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time — Timestamp of when the system account was last updated.
  - `konnect_managed` boolean — The system account is managed by Konnect (true/false).

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `403` — Unauthorized
- `409` — Conflict

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/kong/konnect-api-go-sdk/versions/0261aef4b1e2/schema)