Selecting user registries for Cloud Manager and API Manager

Select the user registries to authenticate users for Cloud Manager and API Manager.

About this task

In Settings > User registries, you select one or more user registries to authenticate users of Cloud Manager and API Manager. The user credentials for all users who login to the applications must be stored in the selected registries.

One of the following roles is required to select the user registries for Cloud Manager and API Manager:

  • Administrator
  • Owner
  • A custom role with the cloud settings:manage permission

For details on how to control which user registries can be used by provider organizations for authenticating Developer Portal users, or for securing APIs, see Setting visibility for a user registry.

Procedure

To select the user registries for Cloud Manager and API Manager, follow these steps:

  1. In the Cloud Manager, click Settings Settings.
  2. In the Settings navigation list, click User Registries.
  3. The current list of user registries is displayed for Cloud Manager and for API Manager. To add user registries, click Edit in either the Cloud Manager or API Manager panel.
    Note: The list of user registries is derived from the user registries that were previously configured as a Resource in Resources > User Registries. For more information, see User registries overview
  4. Select the user registry by placing a check mark next to the name in the list. Remove a user registry by removing the check mark.
  5. Click Save.

Results

The user registry list is updated to reflect the selected user registries available for authenticating users.

What to do next

To set a user registry as the default, click the options menu next to the registry name in the list, and select Set as default.