The visibility setting determines which provider organizations can access a resource, for
example, user registries.
Before you begin
You must complete the following tasks:
About this task
The user registry visibility setting controls which provider organizations are able to use that
registry for authenticating Developer Portal
users, or for securing APIs. For details on how to specify the user registries that can be used for
authenticating users of the Cloud Manager and API Manager user interfaces, see
Selecting user registries for Cloud Manager and API Manager.
Procedure
Follow these steps to set the visibility for the resources (user registries) in your
on-premises cloud:
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In the Cloud Manager, click
Resources.
- Select User Registries as the resource to view.
- From the list of user registries, choose Edit visibility from the
actions menu next to the name of the user registry you are working with.
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Select the visibility setting for the user registry. The options are:
- Private - the user registry is not visible and cannot be used by any
provider organization
- Public - the user registry is visible and can be used by all provider
organizations
- Custom - the user registry is visible only to the provider organizations
designated by you
- For Custom visibility, select the provider organizations that you
want to have access to the user registry.
- Click Make visible to complete the operation.
Results
For Private, the user registry cannot be used by any provider
organizations. For Public, the user registry can be used by all provider organizations. For Custom,
the user registry can be used by the provider organizations that you designate.