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# add\_guest\_credential

Add a new guest credential to the Rubrik cluster.

```python
def add_guest_credential(username, password, domain=None, timeout=15):
```

## Arguments

| Name     | Type | Description                           | Choices |   |
| -------- | ---- | ------------------------------------- | ------- | - |
| username | str  | The username used for authentication. |         |   |
| password | str  | The password used for authentication. |         |   |

## Keyword Arguments

| Name    | Type | Description                                                                                                  | Choices | Default |
| ------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- |
| domain  | int  | The domain name of the account to be deleted.                                                                |         | None    |
| timeout | int  | The number of seconds to wait to establish a connection the Rubrik cluster before returning a timeout error. |         | 15      |

## Returns

| Type | Return Value                                                                                     |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| str  | No change required. The account 'username' has already been added to the Rubrik cluster.         |
| str  | No change required. The account 'username\@domain' has already been added to the Rubrik cluster. |
| dict | The full API response for `POST /v1/vmware/guest_credential`.                                    |

## Example

```python
import rubrik_cdm

rubrik = rubrik_cdm.Connect()

username = "pythonuser"
password = "python123!"

update_proxy = rubrik.add_guest_credential(username, password):
```