Initial login

To log in IBM Data Cataloging graphical user interface, use the following information.

IBM Data Cataloging service provides SSO capability. To know more about SSO, see https://www.ibm.com/topics/single-sign-on .

Use your OpenShift® Container Platform credentials to log in IBM Data Cataloging user interface by using SSO.

When Single Sign-On (SSO) is disabled as the default authentication method, the following default login credentials can be used for the IBM Data Cataloging graphical user interface:
Username
sdadmin
Password
Passw0rd
Important:
  • When the SSO is disabled, the administrator must change the password during the initial login.
  • If you have been using SSO login for a long time, it is not recommended to switch to traditional USERNAME/PASSWORD login because you can face authentication issues.

Log in to IBM Data Cataloging Dashboard with SSO enabled

Follow the steps to log in to the IBM Data Cataloging Dashboard:
  1. Start the IBM Data Cataloging graphical user interface, and you get the logging screen validation as follows.

  2. Wait for the validation for OpenShift Platform session. If you have an active session, you are redirected to Data Cataloging Dashboard, otherwise you are redirected to the OpenShift authentication client.
  3. Enter your OpenShift credentials and click Log in button.

    You are redirected to IBM Data Cataloging main dashboard.

    Note: Consider that IBM Data Cataloging for security renews the session every hour, and there are cases in which it is necessary to re-enter the OpenShift Container Platform credentials.

Log in to IBM Data Cataloging Dashboard with SSO disabled

If you see a previous user logged in, you need to click on the Not you? button to see the following screen.
  1. Enter your username in the User id field to access regular login and click Continue.
  2. Enter your password in the Password field and click Login.

  3. Once the credentials are validated, IBM Data Cataloging main dashboard is displayed as follows.

Note:

Regardless of which user appears in the User id field, clicking the Login with OpenShift Platform button will redirect you to the OpenShift authentication client and you can access using your OpenShift credentials.

Disabling SSO login

The single sign-on (SSO) enable by default when you install the IBM Data Cataloging service. Follow the steps to disable the SSO:
  1. Login to OpenShift Container Platform web console.
  2. Go to Operators > Installed Operators > and select the IBM Data Cataloging.
  3. Under the data-cataloging-service instance, go to Details tab.
  4. Scroll down to the Enabled Features section and clear the Single Sign-On checkbox.
  5. Go to Workloads > Deployments and look for the isd-ui-backend deployment.
  6. Go to YAML tab and change the OCPAUTH_DEFAULT envvar value from True to False.
  7. Click Save and wait until a pod is created.
  8. After the pod is created, clean cookies, cache, and reload the IBM Data Cataloging GUI.
When SSO is disabled as the default authentication method, the following default login credentials can be used for the IBM Data Cataloging graphical user interface:
Username
sdadmin
Password
Passw0rd