CM User Configuration
The CM User Configuration tab is used to create accounts for users who will access CM. You can assign roles to users based on how they will use CM. The operator role has read-only access to CM. The administrator role has full access to all of the configuration options available in CM and has the ability to set up LDAP security authentication.
Field Name |
Description |
|---|---|
User Name |
User you define to allow access to CM. User Name can be up to 150 characters with no spaces. Special characters allowed are period (.), dash (-), and underscore (_). |
Description |
Description to help you identify the CM user you create. Up to 255 characters. |
User role |
Role allowed by the user you create. The Operator role has read-only access to CM; whereas, the Admin role has full access to create and edit all of the configuration options available in CM. Admin is the default user role value |
Policy ID |
Password policy to associate with the user you configure. Configure a password policy before you can associate it with a user. Select a Password Policy ID from the pull-down list. |
Password Requires Change |
Requires that the user change the default password after the initial log in. A prompts is displayed to the user. |
Through External Authentication |
Used to indicate authentication to the Sterling External Authentication Server. |
External Authentication Server |
Select the External Authentication Server you want to use for sending authentication requests to Sterling External Authentication Server. Only enabled when Through External Authentication is selected. |
Through Local User Store |
Select if you want to authenticate a configured user using the local user store. |
Password |
Password required by the user to access CM. Up to 255 alphanumeric characters and does not allow comma (,), double quotes (“), or single quotes (‘). Only enabled when Local User Store is selected. |
Confirm Password |
Retype the password value. Only enabled when Local User Store is selected. |
Requires change |
Requires that the user change the default password after the initial log in. A prompt is displayed to the user. |
| SAML IdP Authentication | Select if you want to authenticate a configured user using the SAML IDP. |
| CM SSO Configuration | Select the CM SSO configuration profile from the dropdown which needs to be used for the user. |