Administering user profiles and credentials

A user is an individual who uses AS4 Microservice. Each user of AS4 Microservice is defined by a unique user profile that identifies their user authentication credentials and scope of authority.

The user profile is a user account definition that contains a set of attributes that describe a person within the system. The specific information that is contained in the user profile is defined and managed by the system administrator.

The user profile also defines user permissions, which are a method of providing users with entitlements to the AS4 Microservice resources. These permissions determine which resources are provisioned for a user or a set of users who share similar responsibilities.

The user permissions are assigned by selecting the group or groups for which the user is a member. Groups are collections of permissions. Each group references a user category, which has a related set of default permissions and operations, and views that the user can access. When users are assigned to a group, the managed resources available to that group then become available to those users. Groups make it possible to maintain access permissions for several users from a single place. Groups help to minimize the amount of work involved with maintaining accounts, especially when several users perform the same job function.