diff --git a/utils/add_cloud_user b/utils/add_cloud_user
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01ca7c577900fe7fa3cbbb1980461fae81311d2c
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+++ b/utils/add_cloud_user
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+#!/bin/bash -eux
+
+source /etc/environment
+
+user=$1
+email=$2
+quota=$3
+
+curl -X POST --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users -d userid="$1" -d password="`tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c 10 | xargs`"
+curl -X PUT --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/${user} -d key="email" -d value="${email}"
+curl -X PUT --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/${user} -d key="quota" -d value="${quota}"
diff --git a/utils/add_to_group b/utils/add_to_group
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b87f4ef0d6962855a11296d3492661a1616eb7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/add_to_group
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+#!/bin/bash -eux
+
+source /etc/environment
+
+user=$1
+group=$2
+
+curl -X POST --user ${cloud_admin}:${cloud_pass} https://${cloud_hostname}/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/${1}/groups -d groupid="${2}"