# Headless Authentication Headless user accounts that cannot use the web UI to log in to Coder. This is useful for creating accounts for automated systems, such as CI/CD pipelines or for users who only consume Coder via another client/API. > You must have the User Admin role or above to create headless users. ## Create a headless user
## CLI ```sh coder users create \ --email="coder-bot@coder.com" \ --username="coder-bot" \ --login-type="none \ ``` ## UI Navigate to the `Users` > `Create user` in the topbar ![Create a user via the UI](../../images/admin/users/headless-user.png)
To make API or CLI requests on behalf of the headless user, learn how to [generate API tokens on behalf of a user](./sessions-tokens.md#generate-a-long-lived-api-token-on-behalf-of-another-user).