---
title: "Create group"
method: POST
path: "/auth/groups"
tags: ["Groups"]
---

# Create group

`POST /auth/groups`

Create a managed Unix group with PAM-backed members

## Request body

- InternalHandlersAuthCreateGroupRequest
  - `members` string[], required
  - `name` string, required

## Response `201`

Group Created

- GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalAPIResponseInternalHandlersAuthGroupMutationResult
  - `data` InternalHandlersAuthGroupMutationResult
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string
  - `error` string
  - `message` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `409` — Conflict
- `413` — Request Entity Too Large
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable

## Changes

> 41 revisions in range; 2 could not be searched.

- **2026-08-12** `9a5026bf9057` — 6 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
  - …2 more
- **2025-08-14** `0e0247c98990` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-03-11** `2b736ca1b025` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/alchemillahq/apis/sylve-api/changes/auth/groups/post.md)

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