Managing user registries

The appliance runtime profile has a user registry associated. Use the User Registry management page to administer the users and group memberships. The user registry in discussion here is the one used by the runtime applications, not the one used by the management interface.

1. From the top menu, select the user interface panel for your licensing level.
   • AAC > Manage > User Registry
   • Federation > Manage > User Registry
   A list of all the current users in the registry is displayed. You can filter and reorder the list of users.
2. Select Users (current page) or Groups to manage users or groups, respectively.
3. To manage users, perform one or more of the following actions as needed:

   Create a user in the registry

   1. Click New.
   2. In the Create User window, enter the user name and password for the new user.
   3. Click OK.

   Delete a user from the registry

   1. Select the user to delete.
   2. Click Delete.
   3. In the Delete User window, click Yes to confirm the delete operation.

   Change the password of a user in the registry

   1. Select the user for which you want to change password.
   2. Click Set Password.
   3. In the Set Password window, enter the password in the New Password and Confirm Password fields.
   4. Click OK.

   Manage group memberships of a user

   1. Select the user of interest. The group memberships that are associated with this user are displayed under the Group Membership section.
   2. You can add the user to a group or delete the user from a group in the registry.

      Add the user to a group

      1. In the Group Membership section, click Add.
      2. In the Add to Group window, select the group to add this user to.
         Note: Only a single group can be selected.
      3. Click OK.

      Remove the user from a group

      1. In the Group Membership section, select the group to remove the user from.
      2. Click Delete.
      3. In the Remove from Group window, click Yes to confirm the removal.

4. To manage groups, perform one or more of the following actions as needed:

   Create a new group in the registry

   1. Click New.
   2. In the New Group window, enter the group name for the new group.
   3. Click OK.

   Delete a group from the registry

   1. Select the group to delete.
   2. Click Delete.
   3. In the Delete Group window, click Yes to confirm the delete operation.

   Manage group members

   1. Select the group of interest. The users that are currently members of this group are displayed under the Group Members section.
   2. You can add a user to the group or delete a user from the group in the registry.

   Add a user to the group

   1. In the Group Members section, click Add.
   2. In the Add to Group window, select the user to add to the group.
      Note: Only a single user can be selected.
   3. Click OK.

   Remove a user from the group

   1. In the Group Members section, select the user to remove from the group.
   2. Click Remove.
   3. In the Remove from Group window, click Yes to confirm the removal.