---
title: stack kb security-entity-analytics-api create-priv-mon-user cli command
description: Create a new monitored user Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4120/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/security-entity-analytics-api/create-priv-mon-user
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb security-entity-analytics-api create-priv-mon-user cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb security-entity-analytics-api create-priv-mon-user [options]
```

Create a new monitored user
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--entity-analytics-monitoring string">
    Entity analytics monitoring configuration for the user
  </definition>
  <definition term="--user string">
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>