Adding users and assigning roles

As the Cloud Manager administrator, you can add and remove users and assign roles. Once removed, a user can no longer access the Cloud Manager. However, the user's profile remains in API Manager.

About this task

Perform the following steps to add users to the Cloud Manager.

Procedure

  1. In the Cloud Manager, click Users.
  2. In the Cloud Manager, click Members.
  3. In the Users page, click Add.
    The Add User window is displayed.

  • If you are adding a role to an existing user that is not displayed on the Users page, complete the following steps:
    1. Click Existing User.
    2. Click the search icon to list all users, or enter a search term and click the search icon to list a subset of users.
    3. Select the required user from the search results.
  • If you are adding a new user, click New User and enter the user's email into the text field.

  1. To assign the user a role, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Add organization role to this user icon Assign Role icon icon.
    2. Select the required user role. The assigned role is displayed in the Role column.
      The available roles are:
      Cloud Owner
      The Cloud Owner can access all Cloud Manager tabs and perform all activities associated with those tabs.
      Note: The Cloud Owner role cannot be assigned to a user.
      Cloud Administrator
      The Cloud Administrator can access all Cloud Manager tabs except the Organizations tab and perform all activities associated with those tabs.
      Organization Manager
      The Organization Manager can access the Organizations tab and perform all activities associated with that tab.
      [V5.0.5 or later]System User[V5.0.4 and earlier]System
      This role can be assigned to any user of the Cloud Manager. Users assigned this role have full Cloud Manager access. In addition, users have REST access to all APIs but cannot access the API Manager or the Developer Portal user interfaces.
      Topology Administrator
      The Topology Administrator role can be assigned to any user of the Cloud Manager. Users assigned this role can log into the Cloud Manager and access the Home, Clusters, SSL Profiles and Settings tabs.
      The following table shows which Cloud Manager tabs each user role can access.
      Table 1. Permitted user role activities
      Tab Cloud Owner Cloud Administrator Organization Manager [V5.0.5 or later]System User [V5.0.4 and earlier]System Topology Administrator
      Analytics Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      Services Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      Organizations Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
      Users Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
      TLS Profiles Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      User Registries Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      Settings Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
      For full details of the permissions that are assigned to the various Cloud Manager roles, see API Connect user roles.
  2. Click Add.
    The user name is added to the Name column, and the email invitation is delivered if the user is a new user. Invitation Pending is displayed in the Status column of the Users window.

Results

The API Connect user account is created and is activated when the user follows the activation link in the email invitation.

What to do next

The new user can access the Cloud Manager user interface. The user's authorization is defined by the roles assigned to them.