# CreateComputer
<a name="API_CreateComputer"></a>

Creates an Active Directory computer object in the specified directory.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ComputerAttributes": [ 
      { 
         "Name": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "ComputerName": "string",
   "DirectoryId": "string",
   "OrganizationalUnitDistinguishedName": "string",
   "Password": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ComputerAttributes](#API_CreateComputer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-request-ComputerAttributes"></a>
An array of [Attribute](API_Attribute.md) objects that contain any LDAP attributes to apply to the computer account.  
Type: Array of [Attribute](API_Attribute.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** [ComputerName](#API_CreateComputer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-request-ComputerName"></a>
The name of the computer account.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 15.  
Required: Yes

 ** [DirectoryId](#API_CreateComputer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-request-DirectoryId"></a>
The identifier of the directory in which to create the computer account.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [OrganizationalUnitDistinguishedName](#API_CreateComputer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-request-OrganizationalUnitDistinguishedName"></a>
The fully-qualified distinguished name of the organizational unit to place the computer account in.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2000.  
Required: No

 ** [Password](#API_CreateComputer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-request-Password"></a>
A one-time password that is used to join the computer to the directory. You should generate a random, strong password to use for this parameter.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 8. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\u00FF]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "Computer": { 
      "ComputerAttributes": [ 
         { 
            "Name": "string",
            "Value": "string"
         }
      ],
      "ComputerId": "string",
      "ComputerName": "string"
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Computer](#API_CreateComputer_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DirectoryService-CreateComputer-response-Computer"></a>
A [Computer](API_Computer.md) object that represents the computer account.  
Type: [Computer](API_Computer.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AuthenticationFailedException **   
An authentication error occurred.    
 ** Message **   
The textual message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The identifier of the request that caused the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ClientException **   
A client exception has occurred.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** DirectoryUnavailableException **   
The specified directory is unavailable.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EntityAlreadyExistsException **   
The specified entity already exists.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EntityDoesNotExistException **   
The specified entity could not be found.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterException **   
One or more parameters are not valid.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceException **   
An exception has occurred in AWS Directory Service.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** UnsupportedOperationException **   
The operation is not supported.    
 ** Message **   
The descriptive message for the exception.  
 ** RequestId **   
The AWS request identifier.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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The following examples are formatted for legibility.

### Example Request
<a name="API_CreateComputer_Example_1"></a>

This example illustrates one usage of CreateComputer.

```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 245
X-Amz-Target: DirectoryService_20150416.CreateComputer
X-Amz-Date: 20161213T163452Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.24 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7 botocore/1.4.81
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 
 Credential=AKIAI7E3BYXS3example/20161213/us-west-2/ds/aws4_request, 
 SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, 
 Signature=5fa12f147bce3620568504361b860de07868da3b1c27d5f0bde6e5ffa51bf6ef

 {
   "DirectoryId":"d-926example",
   "ComputerName":"labcomputer",
   "Password":"Str0ngP@ssw0rd",
   "ComputerAttributes":[
      {
         "Name":"ip",
         "Value":"192.168.101.100"
      }
   ],
   "OrganizationalUnitDistinguishedName":"OU=Computers,OU=example,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=com"
 }
```

### Example Response
<a name="API_CreateComputer_Example_2"></a>

This example illustrates one usage of CreateComputer.

```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: afcea813-c196-11e6-a6a8-5110402a26c3
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 286
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:46:03 GMT

{
   "Computer":{
      "ComputerAttributes":[
         {
            "Name":"DistinguishedName",
            "Value":"CN=labcomputer,OU=Computers,OU=example,DC=corp,DC=example,DC=com"
         },
         {
            "Name":"WindowsSamName",
            "Value":"labcomputer$"
         }
      ],
      "ComputerId":"S-1-5-21-1932691875-1648176379-1176097576-1124",
      "ComputerName":"labcomputer"
   }
}
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ds-2015-04-16/CreateComputer)