Add New Users
Users in Platform9 can have access to one or more regions and / or tenants within your Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) environment, with roles and privileges defining their level of access within each region and tenant. A user could be an administrator of one region and tenant, and a self-service user of another tenant. You must be an administrator to add, edit, and delete users.
To create a user, follow the steps given below.
- Log in to your Platform9 SaaS Management Plane.
- Click Admin Settings under your user avatar.
- Click the Tenant & Users dashboard and select the Users tab.
- Select "+Create a New User". A wizard to add the new user will open.
- Enter the following information.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| User's email address. | |
| Display Name | Name to display for the user. You could enter the full name of the user here. |
| Send activation email to the user. | Select this option if you want the user to set their own password. The instructions to create a new password and to activate the account will be sent to the user's email address provided above. |
| Set password for new user now | Select this option if you would like to set the password for this user. Your password must meet the PMK password requirements - a password that is at least 8 characters long and must contain a special character, a lowercase letter, an uppercase letter, a number. |
- Select one or more tenants that this user should belong to, and the role for this user on each tenant.
- Click Create User.
Note that if the user is given self service user role on a tenant, then by default he will not have access to any of the clusters within that tenant. An Administrator will need to grant the user explicit permissions on each cluster using Kubernetes RBAC policies before the user can have access to the cluster.
By default, a self service user within a tenant does not have access to any Kubernetes clusters within that tenant. An Administrator must grant the user explicit permissions on each cluster using Kubernetes RBAC policies before the user can have access to any clusters within the tenant.
Thats it! The user is created successfully and can now access your PMK environment.
Optionally, an email is sent to the user to set the user account password, if that option was selected. Once the user activates his account by accessing the link sent to him via email and setting the password, he will have access to the PMK environment.