Users management
To manage IDEA users, navigate to the "Cluster Management" section on the left sidebar of IDEA menu and click "Users"
Create a new user
Click "Create User"
Specify the username
Specify the email address
Select whether or not the email is verified.
NO (default & recommended): A temporary password will be send to the email and user will need to change it at first login
YES: You will be asked to manually set up a password for the user
Choose the permissions applicable for the user. To learn more about the different permissions, refer to Groups management
Choose the login shell
If "Email is Verified" is not checked during account creation, the user will receive a welcome email message with a temporary password. User will be required to change this password after first successful login.
Understanding Confirmation Status
Confirmed: User can log in to IDEA
Force Change Password: User will be required to change his/her password after the next successful login
Enable a user
Select a user with Status set to "Disabled"
Click "Actions" then "Enable User"
Disable a user
Select a user with Status set to "Enabled"
Click "Actions" then "Disable User"
Give user Cluster Admin privileges
Select a standard user
Click "Actions" then "Set as Admin user"
Remove Cluster Admin privileges for a user
Select a user with admin privileges
Click "Actions" then "Remove as Admin user"
Add user to group
Select the user
Click "Actions" then "Add User to Group"
Choose the group from the list
Remove user from group
Select the user
Click "Actions" then "Remove User From Group"
Select the group(s) you want your user to be removed from
Reset password for a user
Select the user
Click "Actions" then "Reset Password"
You cannot reset the password of a user if his/her confirmation status is not "Confirmed"
Add a batch of users
Login to the cluster manager and run ideactl accounts batch-create-users
to create multiple users in a single command. Users informations (username/email ...) must be specified via a .csv file
ideactl accounts
IDEA provides ideactl
utility in case you cannot access the web interface but needs to interact with users. To get started, log in to the Cluster Manager EC2 machine and run ideactl accounts
For example, here is how to create a new user, setting a temp password and giving this user admin permission
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