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Manage users

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You can invite, add, remove, and edit users of your Astra Control Center installation using the Astra Control UI. You can use the Astra Control UI or the Astra Control API to manage users.

Invite users

Account Owners and Admins can invite new users to Astra Control Center.

Steps

  1. In the Manage Your Account navigation area, select Account.

  2. Select the Users tab.

  3. Select Invite User.

  4. Enter the user's name and email address.

  5. Select a user role with the appropriate system permissions.

    Each role provides the following permissions:

    • A Viewer can view resources.

    • A Member has Viewer role permissions and can manage apps and clusters, unmanage apps, and delete snapshots and backups.

    • An Admin has Member role permissions and can add and remove any other users except the Owner.

    • An Owner has Admin role permissions and can add and remove any user accounts.

  6. To add constraints to a user with a Member or Viewer role, enable the Restrict role to constraints check box.

    For more information on adding constraints, see Manage roles.

  7. Select Invite users.

    The user receives an email informing them that they’ve been invited to Astra Control Center. The email includes temporary password, which they'll need to change upon first login.

Add users

Account Owners and Admins can add more users to the Astra Control Center installation.

Steps

  1. In the Manage Your Account navigation area, select Account.

  2. Select the Users tab.

  3. Select Add User.

  4. Enter the user's name, email address, and a temporary password.

    The user will need to change the password upon first login.

  5. Select a user role with the appropriate system permissions.

    Each role provides the following permissions:

    • A Viewer can view resources.

    • A Member has Viewer role permissions and can manage apps and clusters, unmanage apps, and delete snapshots and backups.

    • An Admin has Member role permissions and can add and remove any other users except the Owner.

    • An Owner has Admin role permissions and can add and remove any user accounts.

  6. To add constraints to a user with a Member or Viewer role, enable the Restrict role to constraints check box.

    For more information on adding constraints, see Manage roles.

  7. Select Add.

Manage passwords

You can manage passwords for user accounts in Astra Control Center.

Change your password

You can change the password of your user account at any time.

Steps

  1. Select the User icon at the top right of the screen.

  2. Select Profile.

  3. From the Options menu in the Actions column, and select Change Password.

  4. Enter a password that conforms to the password requirements.

  5. Enter the password again to confirm.

  6. Select Change password.

Reset another user's password

If your account has Admin or Owner role permissions, you can reset passwords for other user accounts as well as your own. When you reset a password, you assign a temporary password that the user will have to change upon logging in.

Steps

  1. In the Manage Your Account navigation area, select Account.

  2. Select the Actions drop-down list.

  3. Select Reset Password.

  4. Enter a temporary password that conforms to the password requirements.

  5. Enter the password again to confirm.

    Note The next time the user logs in, the user will be prompted to change the password.

  6. Select Reset password.

Change a user's role

Users with the Owner role can change the role of all users, while users with the Admin role can change the role of users who have the Admin, Member, or Viewer role.

Steps

  1. In the Manage Your Account navigation area, select Account.

  2. Select the Actions drop-down list.

  3. Select Edit role.

  4. Select a new role.

  5. To apply constraints to the role, enable the Restrict role to constraints check box and select a constraint from the list.

    If there are no constraints, you can add a constraint. For more information, see Manage roles.

  6. Select Confirm.

Result

Astra Control Center updates the user's permissions based on the new role that you selected.

Remove users

Users with the Owner or Admin role can remove other users from the account at any time.

Steps

  1. In the Manage Your Account navigation area, select Account.

  2. In the Users tab, select the check box in the row of each user that you want to remove.

  3. From the Options menu in the Actions column, select Remove user/s.

  4. When you're prompted, confirm deletion by typing the word "remove" and then select Yes, Remove User.

Result

Astra Control Center removes the user from the account.