Same user (profile/login) on multiple Linode accounts?
Hi, I set up separate Linode accounts a while ago for my personal and business uses, mostly because I need to pay for these things separately. Is there any way I can have a unified login (username/email/password) for both accounts? I have just looked at setting up Github authentication for one of them. Would I be able to use that same github user authentication on the other one as well?
One reason this would be nice is specifically this community Q/A… right now I need to remember which account I've activated this forum space on, but it would be more streamlined to not have to keep track of that (especially if for some reason I need to set up a third account for a client down the road).
Thanks a lot for your thoughts, I'm mostly wondering how other folks deal with this.
Adam
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I believe that, in order to have one account/login, you have to put all your Linodes under that account/login.
I can't believe that your problem with respect to segregating costs is unique to you. I would contact support and see how they can help you do this.
-- sw
You can add sub-users to your account (Account Settings > Users & Grants.)
Could you add your “personal” account as a sub user to your “business” account, and the just use your personal login to manage both accounts?
I’m not sure how you’d select an account, however. I’m assuming there is a prompt to choose which account you want to use when you login, but I don’t know for sure.
@andysh --
The OP's question was about segregating Linode costs -- personal vs business. "Sub-users" provide access levels only and won't help him accomplish his goal.
-- sw
Thanks for the responses. I suppose it's a two-sided thing: adding a second credit card to a single account to segregate costs per Linode would be one direction to go, or (more what I was wondering about in this question) creating multiple accounts with a single credit card on each one and then using the same username/login credentials to get into each account would be another way to go.
@andysh I've looked at adding a sub-user to an account, but as far as I can tell creating a new sub-user really creates a new Linode username/login, which must be different from any existing username/login. What I was hoping for would be the ability to add an existing username/login to an account. But I think things are just not set up that way…
The OP said he had already setup separate accounts to split the costs, but wanted an easier way to manage both of them behind a single login.
My suggestion was to add one of the accounts as a sub-user to the other, so one login could manage the 2 separate accounts.
I've looked at adding a sub-user to an account, but as far as I can tell creating a new sub-user really creates a new Linode username/login, which must be different from any existing username/login. What I was hoping for would be the ability to add an existing username/login to an account. But I think things are just not set up that way…
@adamcox that’s such a shame, that could be so useful if you could add an existing Linode user as a sub-user to a different account (thinking of agencies who want separate billing for clients resources but one login to manage it all.)