Creating a user group

You can create user groups to better manage the access of your users to particular WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance resources.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission to perform these steps.

About this task

Create user groups to quickly assign a collection of users access to a resource or group of resources. User groups are empty when they are first created. You must manually add users to each new user group. Use the following steps to create a user using the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Collective > User Groups.
  2. Click the add icon (The Add icon) to create a group.
  3. Enter a name in the Group name field. The value for this field can be up to 64 characters in length and cannot be blank. All alphanumeric characters can be used, and the following special characters: !@#%^*&-+= are also available.
  4. Enter any additional information in the Description field. This field can be used to include additional details about the user group.
  5. Click OK.

Results

After successfully completing these steps, you have a new user group to help manage the permissions for your WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance users.

What to do next

You can add users to the group you created. See Managing user groups for detailed instructions about adding users to a user group.