Managing user access to Db2 Data Gate
As an administrator or creator of a Db2 Data Gate instance, you can give other Cloud Pak for Data users access to the instance.
Before you begin
- To give another user access to a Db2 Data Gate instance, you must be an administrator of that instance.
- A user can only be given access to a Db2 Data
Gate instance if the user exists on Cloud Pak for Data. To
create a not yet existing Cloud Pak for Data user, you must
be a Cloud Pak for Data administrator. Follow these steps:
- Click
to
open the Cloud Pak for Data main menu. - Select . You see a list of the existing Cloud Pak for Data users.
- Click the Add users button above the list.
- Provide the details of the new user and click Add when finished.
- Click
About this task
- Admin
- An administrator of a Db2 Data
Gate instance can:
- View the details of the instance
- Modify the instance (for example, make changes to the data source or add tables)
- Manage access to the instance (give access to other users or change their roles with regard to the instance
- Delete the instance
- User
- A Db2 Data
Gate instance user can:
- View the details of the instance
- Modify the instance (for example, make changes to the data source or add tables)
A user cannot delete instances. Neither can an instance user give other users access to the instance or change their roles.
The privileges associated with these roles are entirely independent of the privileges associated with the basic roles on Cloud Pak for Data.
For example, a user with an administrator role on Cloud Pak for Data might only be allowed to carry out user tasks on the Db2 Data Gate instance.
On the contrary, a Cloud Pak for Data user might have administrative privileges on a Db2 Data Gate instance.
Procedure
To give a Cloud Pak for Data user access to a Db2 Data Gate instance or change a user's role with regard to the instance:
- Click to open the Cloud Pak for Data main
menu.
- Move your mouse pointer to the table row that represents the
instance you want to work on. Move the mouse pointer to the very right of that row until a menu icon
comes into view (
). - Click the icon () and select Manage
access.
- Depending on what you want to do, follow one of the following procedures:
- To give an additional user access to your instance:
- Click Add users.
- On the Grant access to users page, select one or more users by selecting
the check boxes in front of the user names. The check boxes of users that already have access are
grayed out. Selecting the check box on the table header, you can select all available users.
If the list is long, you can search for a particular user by entering the user name or a part of it in the Find users and user groups field above the table.
- From the Choose a role drop-down menu that is available on each user row
in the table, select the access privileges (role) of the user you want to add:
- Admin
- User
For information about these roles, see the About this task section above.
- Click Add.
- To change the access privileges (role) of a user with access to your instance:
- Locate the table row representing the user whose access privileges you want to change.
- The Service Role column shows the user's current role. Click the
icon next to that
role to open the related menu. - Select the new access privileges (role) of the user, that is, one of the following:
- Admin
- User
For information about these roles, see the About this task section above.
- To remove a user's access to your instance:
- On the Access management page, move your mouse pointer to the appropriate row in the list of users (table).
- Click the Remove icon (trash can) on the very right of that row.
- Confirm by clicking Remove in the Remove this user window.
- To give an additional user access to your instance: