How to create magento 2 admin user from the root folder?

Question

I want to create admin user from the root directory as it can be done in magento-1.9 ,

Is it possible? How can I create a new admin user without CLI (SSH) and database?

Answer 1

You can create user using userFactory

/**
 * User model factory
 *
 * @var \Magento\User\Model\UserFactory
 */    
protected $_userFactory;

public function __construct(
    \Magento\User\Model\UserFactory $userFactory,
) {
    $this->_userFactory = $userFactory;
}

public function execute(){

    $adminInfo = [
        'username'  => 'killer',
        'firstname' => 'admin',
        'lastname'    => 'admin',
        'email'     => 'me@helloworld.com',
        'password'  =>'hello@123',       
        'interface_locale' => 'en_US',
        'is_active' => 1
    ];

    $userModel = $this->_userFactory->create();
    $userModel->setData($adminInfo);
    $userModel->setRoleId(1);
    try{
       $userModel->save(); 
    } catch (\Exception $ex) {
        $ex->getMessage();
    }
}

You can also refer how magento creates user git source