Creating administrator users for the CMS Portal

You can create additional administrator users for an CMS Portal.

Before you begin

You must have administrator access to the CMS Portal to complete this task.

About this task

After you enable a CMS Portal site in the API Manager, you are sent an email that contains a one-time log in link for the CMS Portal site Admin user. The Admin user can administer the Content Management System (CMS) capabilities of the CMS Portal. For more information about enabling a site, see Creating and configuring Catalogs.

However, you can also create additional administrative roles for users from within the CMS Portal by assigning the role to users that have access to the CMS Portal. A user with an Administrator role can use the administrator dashboard to customize and configure the CMS Portal. An Administrator is able to perform any task within the CMS Portal that does not involve the creation of APIs, Products, and Apps. You should be careful to ensure that only trusted users are given this access and level of control of your site.

Procedure

To create additional administrative users, complete the following steps:

  1. If the administrator dashboard is not displayed, click Manage to display it.
  2. Click People in the administrator dashboard.
  3. Select the List tab.
  4. Select the check boxes for the target users.
  5. From the drop-down list under the Action heading, select Add the Administrator role to the selected user(s).
  6. Click Apply to selected items.

Results

You have assigned the selected users to the Administrator role.
Note: For improved security and accountability, create named user accounts for all administrators. After assigning the Administrator role to these users and verifying their access, consider disabling the default Portal administrator account. This avoids shared credentials and ensures all actions are traceable.