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Add a System Admin

To add a user as a System Admin through the Houston API, you need the following values:

  • The user’s ID. To retrieve this, request the id value in a users query or run astro workspace user list.
  • System Admin permissions.

You can then run the following query to add the user as a System Admin.

1mutation createSystemRoleBinding (
2 $userId: ID! = "<user-id>"
3 $role: Role! = SYSTEM_ADMIN
4) {
5 createSystemRoleBinding(
6 userId: $userId
7 role: $role
8 ) {
9 id
10 }
11}