You can manage admin user accounts in the StorageGRID Webscale system and also add them to one or more admin groups that govern access to system features. The StorageGRID Webscale system includes one predefined local user, named "root."
StorageGRID Webscale can be accessed by local and federated users:
- Local users: You can create admin user accounts that are local to StorageGRID Webscale system and add these users to StorageGRID Webscale local admin groups.
- Federated users: You can use a federated identity source (such as Active Directory or OpenLDAP) to import administration groups and users. The identity source manages the groups to which users belong, so you cannot add federated users to local groups. Also, you cannot edit federated user information; this information is synchronized with the external identity source.
Although you can add and delete local users, you cannot delete the root user. After creating groups, you assign users to one or more local groups.