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Overview
The Users Manager is a simple GUI User Management page is a section in the Syndeia Cloud web admin portal app to allow Syndeia Cloud administrators to manager users in Syndeia Cloud. Specifically it will allow you to:
- List (get) users,
- Create (add) users,
- Update permissions,
- Update permissions in bulk,
- Disable/Enable users,
- Reset user passwords
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Minimum Requirements
You must have a web browser capable of running Ecmascript ("Javascript") v6+ , ex: Chrome v76+, Firefox v77+, or Edge v77+ installed
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Usage
1. To launch the Users Manageraccess the User Management page, launch a web browser and navigate to http(s)://
<your_syndeia_cloud_FQDN>:
<port>/user-management
, where <your_syndeia_cloud_FQDN> = your admin portal URL, ex: mycompany.domain.com and <port> = 9000 | 9443 (for HTTPS).
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USER_CREATE
USER_READ
USER_MODIFY
USER_REMOVE
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To create (add) a new user
3. Click the Add a user button
4. Fill out the form as required.
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The following is a description of the possible Role value combinations:
Role Value | Description |
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Admin | Admin Role- allows access to the User Management page |
User | User Role- doesn't have access to the User Management page |
Admin, User |
Admin & User Role - Allows access to User Management page |
5. Click Save to create (add) a new user (or Cancel to cancel).
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To Update permissions
6. Click on the specified username and you should get a form window with a set of attributes / fields you can update for that user:
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8. Click Save to update or (or Cancel to cancel).
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To Update permissions in bulk
69. Click on the checkboxes next to each username you wish to update.
10. Click the button, you should get a form window with a set of attributes / fields permissions you can update in bulk for that userthose users:
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Note, this form (currently) does not indicate the current resultant boolean permission state for all users for each checkbox.
11. Update the desired attributes / fields.
To see a description of each permission, see how To create (add) a new user
812. Click Save OK to update or (or Cancel to cancel).
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To disable a user
913. Click on the specified username and you should get the Update user page.
1014. Click the Disable user button on the left. You should get another page asking for confirmation:
1115. Click Disable User to disable the user (or Cancel to cancel).
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To enable a user
1216. Click on the specified username and you should get the Update user page.
1317. Click the Enable user button on the left. You should get another page asking for confirmation and to set the new password:
1418. Type the new password then click Enable User to enable the user (or Cancel to cancel).
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To reset user passwords
1219. Click on the specified username and you should get the Update user page.
1320. Click on the Reset Password button You should get a another page with a prompt for the new password:
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Note, Reset Password is considered an admin-level operation that requires the USER_READ
& USER_MODIFY
permissions. This is distinct from the Change Password operation which does not require any permission and only applies to one's own password (see REST API for more details).
1421. In the New Password field, enter the new password.
1522. Click Submit to reset to the new password (or Cancel to cancel).