4—Creating a Sub-Account in Wasabi Account Control Manager

Creating a Sub-Account in the Trial Phase

With WACM, you can automate cloud storage account creation, management, and end-user billing using a centralized management interface.

Prerequisites

To create a sub-account you will need:

• Wasabi control account — Review Method 1 in the Optimal Methods to Manage Wasabi Accounts to understand the requirements for a Wasabi control account.
• User account — This is an account that was created in WACM with the role of Admin or Staff.

To create a sub-account in a trial phase:

1. Click the Sub-Accounts tab.
   

   

2. Click Create Sub-Account.

   

3. Complete the top portion of the Create Sub-Account panel: Name of the sub-account, Email of the sub-account, Wasabi console password, and confirmed Wasabi console password.
   

   

4. Next, in the bottom portion of the panel select the On Trial option. Select a trial Quota and the trial duration (Number of Trial Days), which are 30 days and 1TB, by default.

   

   When the trial duration expires, the trial account is automatically converted into a paid account.
5. Optionally, select the following:
   • Send Password Reset To Sub-Account Email — Wasabi will send a password reset email to the sub-account.
   • Password Reset Required — WACM will require the sub-account to perform a password reset upon the first login.
   • Enable FTP Access — Wasabi will enable FTP access to the sub-account.
6. Click Create.
7. Once the sub-account is created, a panel confirms the creation with S3 access and secret keys. To download the keys as a text file, click Download Keys. Or, click Copy Keys to copy the keys to the clipboard.

   

WACM displays the information for the new sub-account on the Sub-Accounts page. For example:

Notice the duration of the trial period in the Status of the sub-account:

Repeat the steps above to create additional sub-accounts.

Converting a Sub-Account to a Paying Customer

You can convert a sub-account to a paying customer before the trial period ends. To do so you must be logged into WACM as an Admin or Staff user.

1. On the Sub-Accounts page, click on the sub-account that should be changed from a trial account to a paid account.

   

2. Information for the sub-account is displayed with several tabs. Click the Account tab:

   

3. Scroll to the bottom of the sub-account page until you see the Trial Information section. Click Convert to Paid.

   

4. A message will request that you confirm the conversion. 
5. Click Convert.

   Once the conversion is completed successfully, the customer will start accruing charges for the storage and all trial account specifications to the sub-account will be removed. Note that the Status of the sub-account has changed to a paid account: