If you are a brand new user to BigV, you should use the register command to create both a username and account at the same time.

If you already have a username and password, you use "account create" to start a new account. You would do this in one of two circumstances:

• you have an account already, and want to register a new account on behalf of a new customer;
• you were given your username & password by an existing BigV user, and you want to start using and paying for your own BigV machines.

Either way, just type:

$ bigv account create
What is the name for the new account?  newclient
The account was created.

Currently new accounts do not require any more information than a name, but please note that we may merge or delete accounts which are created frivolously or do not represent new bill-payers.

You can then create a new VM in that account with e.g.

$ bigv vm new newvm1.default.newclient
...

Or:

$ bigv account select newclient
-------------------------  Account bytemark: 0 group, 0 VM (£0.00 per month)  -
Account:           bytemark
Payment frequency: TODO
Price:             £0.00
User:              TODO
$ bigv vm new newvm1
...

You can see what accounts you have access to by running account list.