The new Drupal module CiviCRM Entity exposes 11 CiviCRM objects as Drupal Entities and provides rules support for these entities.  In this article I will demonstrate how to create a simple rule which creates a synced drupal user for the contact when the contact gets a membership.

This how-to assumes you have the Rules modules and the CiviCRM Entity module installed.

Create the rule:

• admin/config/workflow/rules/reaction/add
• for name enter Create Synced User When Contact Gets Membership
• For React on Event: Select 'CiviCRM Membership has been created'
• Click Save
• Under Actions select 'Create Linked Drupal User Account'
• Click Continue
• The default value for the CiviCRM contact Contact Data selector field should already be correct but ensure it is: civicrm-membership:contact-id-contact
• Check Activate account and Send ccount notification email if you wish
• Click save

You can extend the rule

If you would like to only create the user for a specific membership type.

• Under Conditions click the Add Condition link
• For the Select the condition to add field select Data Comparison
• Under Data to Compare use the data selector find the membership type id field of the membership object. It should be this: civicrm-membership:membership-type-id
• Click Continue
• Under Operator select equals
• Under Data Value enter the membership type id of the membership type you'd like to create linked drupal users for
• click save