CloudStack v2.2.13 - 2.2.14 Domain Admin API Reference
login
Logs a user into the CloudStack. A successful login attempt will generate a JSESSIONID cookie value that can be passed in subsequent Query command calls until the "logout" command has been issued or the session has expired.
Request parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Required |
| username | Username | true |
| password | Hashed password (Default is MD5). If you wish to use any other hashing algorithm, you would need to write a custom authentication adapter See Docs section. | true |
| domain | path of the domain that the user belongs to. Example: domain=/com/cloud/internal. If no domain is passed in, the ROOT domain is assumed. | false |
| domainId | id of the domain that the user belongs to. If both domain and domainId are passed in, "domainId" parameter takes precendence | false |
Response Tags
| Response Name | Description |
| username | Username |
| userid | User id |
| password | Password |
| domainid | domain ID that the user belongs to |
| timeout | the time period before the session has expired |
| account | the account name the user belongs to |
| firstname | first name of the user |
| lastname | last name of the user |
| type | the account type (admin, domain-admin, read-only-admin, user) |
| timezone | user time zone |
| timezoneoffset | user time zone offset from UTC 00:00 |
| sessionkey | Session key that can be passed in subsequent Query command calls |