Users
Objective
This guide provides information on how to create users and assign roles in the F5® Distributed Cloud Services using the F5® Distributed Cloud Console. The console's Role-based Access Control (RBAC) is used to define and enforce user capabilities while using the F5 platform. For more information on roles and access control, see Roles.
Prerequisites
A valid Account is required.
- Note: If you do not have an account, visit Create an Account.
Create a User and Assign Roles
You can configure SSO for your organization, and assign roles to the users after they log into the F5® Distributed Cloud Console. You can create users from the platform and assign roles. You can also create a debug user to grant tenant access to F5 support engineer for performing troubleshooting activities.
See SSO guides in the User Management part of documentation for instructions on configuring SSO for your enterprise.
Perform the following to create a user from the platform, and assign roles to the user:
Features can be viewed, and managed in multiple services.
This example shows User
setup in Administration
.
Step 1: Navigate to user management, and open user creation form.
- Open
F5® Distributed Cloud Console
> selectAdministration
box.
Note: Homepage is role based, and your homepage may look different due to your role customization. Select
All Services
drop-down menu to discover all options. Customize Settings:Administration
>Personal Management
>My Account
>Edit work domain & skills
button >Advanced
box > checkWork Domain
boxes >Save changes
button.
Note: Confirm
Namespace
feature is in correct namespace, drop-down selector located in upper-left corner. Not available in all services.
- Select
IAM
in left-menu > selectUsers
.
Note: If options are not showing available, select
Show
link inAdvanced nav options visible
in bottom left corner. If needed, selectHide
to minimize options from Advanced nav options mode.
- Select
+ Add user
button.
Add new user
window pops-up.
Step 2: Enter basic configuration, and assign roles to the user.
-
Select
User Type
drop-down menu option:-
SSO User
: If you enabled SSO for the tenant. -
F5 User
: If users log in using their email address and password. SSO must be disabled in order to create a user of typeUser
. -
Debug User
: To create a debug user to grant access to F5 Distributed Cloud Services. Create a support representative for troubleshooting purpose. There can be only one debug user at any point of time.
-
Note: You can have only one of the
SSO User
andUser
type enabled at any point of time.
-
Enter data for
SSO User
orUser
with steps below:-
Enter
Email
address of the user. -
Enter
First Name
in box. -
Enter
Last Name
in box.
-
-
Select
+ Assign roles and namespaces
to customize in pop-up window.-
Select
Namespace
from drop-down menu options, orall application namespaces
. -
Optionally, select the
Make Admin
checkbox to enable administrator role for the namespace selected. -
Select
Role
needed by checking boxes. -
Select
Add roles
button to apply roles to the user.
-
Step 3: Complete user creation.
- Select
Send Invite
button forSSO User
orF5 User
user types.
- Select
Create Debug User
button forDebug User
user type.