Creating or deleting accounts
As a system administrator, you can create Standard or Provider accounts in IBM Security QRadar® Suite Software, or delete existing accounts. You must be working in the System Administration account and have the required permission to manage accounts.
Before you begin
Read the information in Users and accounts and in User access, roles, and permissions.
Before you create an account, at least one identity provider must be configured with the users that you want to add to your account. For more information, see Configuring identity provider authentication.
Procedure
Results
See the successful completion message for a Standard account and find your new account in the account list with a status of 'Active'.
A Provider account takes a little longer to create. Initially, a Provider account has a status of 'Initializing'. You receive a notification in the Provider account when the account is active.
An account creator is automatically a member of the account. But, account membership can be removed by the account Admin.
Deleting accounts
You might need to delete an account that is obsolete or inaccurate. An account that is selected for deletion is immediately unavailable with a status of 'Delete scheduled'. However, the deletion can be canceled and the account can be restored by a cluster administrator within the delay period.
About this task
Procedure
- On the home page, from the Quick navigation section, select Account management.
- Click the checkbox for the accounts that you want to remove.
- Click Delete accounts.
- Check the information in the confirmation message, enter DELETE, and click Delete accounts.
Results
The default delay period for pending deletion is 14 days when the account status is 'Delete scheduled'. This delay period can be reset. After the delay period, the account is deleted within a 24-hour deletion period when the account status is 'Delete processing'. The account cannot be recovered during this time. See the following table for examples of how deletion is implemented for different delay settings.
Parameter value | Delay period (variable) | Deletion processing period (fixed) |
---|---|---|
0 | None | 24 hours |
14 | 14 days | 24 hours |
30 | 30 days | 24 hours |
When an account is deleted, it is removed from the list of accounts.