Managing users and groups

Users and user groups are provided so that you can manage the level of access for each individual to your WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance. You can use user groups to apply permissions to groups of users.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission to perform these steps.

About this task

You can manage your users and user groups using the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface.
  • Creating a user
    You need a user name and password to log in to the user interface. Use these steps to create new accounts to allow users to access and administer your WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance.
  • Managing users
    After you create a user, you must manually modify the user settings if additional permissions are required. You can also use these steps to modify a user if the information has changed.
  • Removing a user
    A user name and password are required to be able to log in to the user interface. If you no longer need a specific user, however, you can remove that user from WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance.
  • Registering a new user account
    You can create your own user account when the administrator enables the Allow new users to create their own accounts option. Use this task to create a user account from the login screen.
  • Creating a user group
    You can create user groups to better manage the access of your users to particular WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance resources.
  • Managing user groups
    When you first create a user group, the user group does not have any users designated as members. You must manually add users to the group unless LDAP authentication is enabled.
  • Removing a user group
    You can remove a user group from WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance if the user group is no longer needed.
  • User permissions
    User permissions are defined to determine which panels are viewable for each user and to determine the user access to a particular object.
Parent topic: Configuring your appliance
Parent topic: Security
Related concepts:
IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance security overview
User permissions
xcadmin password
Related tasks:
Security
Managing the IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance Ethernet interfaces
Managing the Domain Name System (DNS) Server
Mapping IP addresses to host names
Managing date and time settings
Managing IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance email delivery
Shutting down or restarting the appliance from the user interface
Configuring IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface security
Securing data grids
Configuring Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Configuring your appliance to authenticate users with an LDAP directory
Related reference:
REST gateway: Security configuration