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# Create a new account.

> Create a new account with the specified properties. Only an authenticated user can create an account.

## OpenAPI

````json POST /v1/accounts
{
  "info": {
    "description": "Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager Backend. These are APIs using which the frontend and other clients (compute node agents) interact with Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager functionalities, which include compute node and app enrollment, attestation and signing, and Certificate Authority.",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "title": "Confidential Computing Manager",
    "termsOfService": "https://www.fortanix.com/legal/terms/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Fortanix Support",
      "url": "https://support.fortanix.com/hc/en-us/categories/360003107511-Confidential-Computing-Manager",
      "email": "support@fortanix.com"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    }
  },
  "paths": {
    "/v1/accounts": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Accounts"
        ],
        "summary": "Create a new account.",
        "description": "Create a new account with the specified properties. Only an authenticated user can create an account.",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/parameters/AccountRequest"
          }
        ],
        "operationId": "createAccount",
        "x-auth-resource": "UserAuth,Reader,Writer,Manager",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "The details of the account created.",
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/definitions/Account"
            }
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "bearerToken": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
````