Create service user accounts for the commit and edge server

To support secure communication between the commit server and the edge server, create a user account of type service. Although you can use a generic service user name for multiple edge servers, in this example we use a unique service user name for the one edge server.

The steps on this page assume you have logged into the commit server as the P4 user with the access level of super. See Permission levels and access rights in the p4 protect topic of P4 CLI Reference. That user can have any name, but for convenience the examples use super:

p4 -u super login

Create a service user account for the commit server:

First, issue the command:
```
p4 -u super user -f svc_chicago_commit
```
Then, in the user spec, insert a line that sets the user Type field to service:

User: svc_chicago_commit
Type: service

Save and close the user spec.
Create service user account for the edge server:

First, issue the command:
```
p4 -u super user -f svc_tokyo_edge
```
Then, in the user spec, insert a line that sets the user Type field to service:

User: svc_tokyo_edge
Type: service

Save and close the user spec.
Consider creating a group for your service users. See Group for service users (recommended).
The ticket for a service user defaults to unlimited in 2025.2 and later, so when you create a group for your service users, you do not need to set the Timeout field. For 2025.1 and earlier: To prevent the service user logins from timing out, add the service users to a group named serviceusergroup with an unlimited timeout.

First, issue the command:
```
p4 -u super group serviceusergroup
```
Then, in the group spec, set the Timeout field to unlimited

Add a line under Users field for svc_chicago_commit

followed by another line for svc_tokyo_edge

So that the group spec contains the following:
Copy
```
Group:    serviceusergroup
    ...
Timeout:    unlimited
    ...
Users:
    svc_chicago_commit
    svc_tokyo_edge
```
where ... replaces lines of the spec that do not require changes.
Save and close the group spec.
Set the access level for the service user or service user’s group to super in your protections table. See Access level for service users.
Assign strong passwords to the service user accounts by providing a value at the prompts.
```
p4 -u super passwd svc_chicago_commit
p4 passwd svc_tokyo_edge
```

Next step

Create commit and edge server configurations