Configuring User Management

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Configuring User Management

Management of users with access to Peer Management Center's web interface can be performed through either the Peer Management Center's rich client, or through an admin account logged into the web interface.

To access the User Management configuration page, click the Window menu, and then select Preferences.  In the dialog that appears, select User Management from the tree node on the left. The following is displayed:

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From this screen, you can add, edit, and remove internal user accounts, roles, and active directory users and groups.

Internal Users

Adding an internal account requires a username, a password, an email address, and a selected role. For more details on the available roles, see the How to Use section. Once an account has been created, its username, password, email address, and role can be changed. The default admin user account password is password.

Roles

Roles define user permissions to access and edit resources in the Web Interface. There are three predefined roles with specific set of permissions: Power User, Admin Role, and Help Desk. To create a custom role or to edit a role, click the User Management > Add or Edit button in the Roles section. To delete a role, select the role from the User Management > Roles section, and then click Remove. Adding a custom role requires a name, display name, description, and base role. Roles can also be assigned existing tags to define the resources users with that role can view and edit. The following table outlines the Hub resources that each role can edit and view:

 

Power User

Admin Role

Help Desk

Tag Resources Dialog

 

Edit

 

PeerSync Summary View

Edit

Edit

Edit

PeerSync Job Stats View Part

Edit

Edit

 

Memory Dump Action

Edit

Edit

 

Advisory Alert View

Edit

Edit

 

Runtime Summary Interface

Edit

Edit

View Only

Permission Mode

Edit

Edit

 

Status Agent Tree View

View Only

Edit

 

Session View

Edit

Edit

View Only

Peerlet View

Edit

Edit

View Only

Preferences

 

Edit

 

Broker Statistics Action

Edit

Edit

 

Hub Alert View

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Configuration Interface

Edit

Edit

View Only

PeerSync Job Stats View

Edit

Edit

Edit

Event Analyzer Configuration Interface

Edit

Edit

 

Collaboration Summary View

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Update Log View

Edit

Edit

Edit

PeerSync Add Log View

Edit

Edit

Edit

PeerSync File Conflict View

Edit

Edit

Edit

PeerSync Runtime Summary Interface

Edit

Edit

View Only

Folder Analyzer View

Edit

Edit

View Only

Hub Save All

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Participant View

Edit

Edit

 

New Peerlet Action

 

Edit

 

File Conflict View

Edit

Edit

Edit

Configuration Interface

Edit

Edit

 

Hub View Progress

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Advisory Alert View

Edit

Edit

 

Event Analyzer Validation View

Edit

Edit

View Only

Expression Info Dialog

Edit

Edit

 

Hub Refresh Perspective

Edit

Edit

 

Event Analyzer Runtime Summary Interface

Edit

Edit

View Only

Peerlet Alert View

Edit

Edit

 

Log Dump Action

Edit

Edit

 

Event Log View

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Messages Log View

Edit

Edit

Edit

Event Analyzer Participant view

Edit

Edit

 

Event Analyzer Log View

Edit

Edit

View Only

PeerSync Delete Log View

Edit

Edit

Edit

Thread Dump Action

Edit

Edit

 

Participant View

Edit

Edit

 

Hub Download Agent

Edit

Edit

 

PeerSync Event Log View

Edit

Edit

 

File Sync Advisory Alert View

Edit

Edit

 

Expression List Dialog

Edit

Edit

 

 

Active Directory Authentication

In addition to Internal Users, the Peer Management Center also provides Active Directory user and group authentication. To configure Active Directory Authentication, provide the URL of the LDAP server on the network in the format

ldap://MYDOMAIN.LOCAL

or

ldaps://MYDOMAIN.LOCAL

Next, add an Active Directory user or group by clicking the User Management > Active Directory Users/Active Directory Groups > Add button. The configuration dialog will require the Domain, Username or Group, and the Role.

To delete an Active Directory User or Group, click the User Management > Active Directory Users/Active Directory Groups > Remove button.

Note: Active Directory users and groups are saved in the following format:

Username@MYDOMAIN.LOCAL

Use this format to log into the Peer Management Center's web interface:

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