Bulk Create and Manage Users with Rake Tasks

To manage users in bulk, use the following command syntax:

asctl faspex:rake users:bulk_command -- -u user_files -p properties_file

The available commands are:

Note: The bulk_create rake task does not support setting passwords for users. An admin must manually set the passwords for the created users.

For more details on the options, see the table below.

Rake Task Options

Options (Short Form) Options (Long Form) Description

Options (Short Form)	Options (Long Form)	Description
`-u userfile`	`--user_file=` `user_file`	Path to the CSV file specifying attributes to be applied to individual users (required). The user file should have a format like the following, with the information of each new user per line: name,first_name,last_name,email `username1`,`firstname`,`lastname`,`email` `username2`,`firstname`,`lastname`,`email` `username3`,`firstname`,`lastname`,`email`
`-p propertyfile`	`--properties_file= properties_file`	Path to the CSV file specifying attributes to be applied to all users (required). The properties file for adding local users to Faspex would look like this: type LocalUser
`-h`	`--help`	Print out help information for this rake task.

-u userfile

--user_file=
user_file

Path to the CSV file specifying attributes to be applied to individual users (required).

The user file should have a format like the following, with the information of each new user per line:

name,first_name,last_name,email 
username1,firstname,lastname,email
username2,firstname,lastname,email
username3,firstname,lastname,email

-p propertyfile

--properties_file= properties_file

Path to the CSV file specifying attributes to be applied to all users (required).

The properties file for adding local users to Faspex would look like this:

type
LocalUser

-h --help Print out help information for this rake task.