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Create a user
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Display users for tenant admin
To display users:
Click the User icon on the Main menu
Display user cards and active users
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To display users in card view, select the card view tab from the view selectors in the top right-hand corner. To filter groups of users, click on the pages to display the following:
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Create a user
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To create a user:
The platform will create the user in the current or selected enterprise. If you need to change this, drag and drop the user to the new enterprise. Create user table
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Suspend or enable a user account
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If you need to stop a user from working with or logging in to the platform on a temporary basis, you can suspend the user account. To suspend a user account:
The platform will suspend the account. When a user account is suspended, the platform will log the user out immediately. Be careful not to disable your own account! Fortunately, the main cloud administrator account cannot be disabled. To enable the user account again, select the Activated checkbox. If the user makes too many failed login attempts, the platform will automatically suspend their account for the account lock duration or until it is enabled by an administrator. |
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Manually reset a user password
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If a user cannot automatically reset their password or if the user account is locked for too many password attempts, you can manually reset the password and unlock the account. To manually reset a user password:
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Manage users with the API
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For the Abiquo API documentation of this feature, see Abiquo API Resources and the page for this resource UsersResource.
Display users
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Filter users
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User status
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Delete a user
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See also: How to create a tenant via API
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Search for users and filter users
To search for users and filter users to display only those with specific text in the user details:
Go to Users view → Users
In the filter box on the right-hand side, enter a text string to search for which can include wildcards.
For more details about how the platform's search works, see Search for VMs and filter the search
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User status
The user status is displayed either by a colored dot in the Activated column or in the colored tag on the user card:
Green for active accounts
Red for suspended accounts
Red with padlock symbol for accounts suspended automatically after too many failed login attempts
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Delete a user
To delete a user:
Select the user account and click the trash bin delete button
Confirm the delete
Abiquo will delete the user account but the user's VMs and other resources will remain in the cloud platform and users in the same enterprise with the appropriate permissions can work with them.