---
title: "setup lakeFS and create a first user"
method: POST
path: "/setup_lakefs"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# setup lakeFS and create a first user

`POST /setup_lakefs`

## Request body

- Setup
  - `username` string, required — an identifier for the user (e.g. jane.doe)
  - `key` AccessKeyCredentials
    - `access_key_id` string, required — access key ID to set for user for use in integration testing.
    - `secret_access_key` string, required — secret access key to set for user for use in integration testing.
  - `firstName` string — the provided first name
  - `lastName` string — the provided last name
  - `email` string — the provided email
  - `companyName` string — the provided company name
  - `country` string — the provided country
  - `featureUpdates` boolean — user preference to receive feature updates
  - `securityUpdates` boolean — Deprecated: no longer used

## Response `200`

user created successfully

- CredentialsWithSecret
  - `access_key_id` string, required
  - `secret_access_key` string, required
  - `creation_date` integer, required — Unix Epoch in seconds

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `409` — setup was already called
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/versions/4617f80bee61/schema)