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How To Create and Manage Users in Arcus

The first step for the following document is to login to the Arcus interface with an Administrator level account.

Creating A New User

  1. Expand the Main Menu on the top left of the window, expand OpenStack Administration and select Users. Arcus Menu Options

  2. Click on the Plus button in the bottom right corner to create new user.

    • Fill out the Username
    • Select the appropriate Domain from the dropdown field
    • Toggle the Administrator tag to make the user an administrator** or regular member user
    • Password, users email address
    • If you want to add the new user to already existing projects you can search for the project(s) in the Add to project field
    • If the users private network requires a connection to other network you can create a router to enable connectivity by selecting the network from the dropdown.

** An administrative super user, which has full permissions across all projects and should be used with great care.

  1. Click Create user when fields are filled in. Create User

Delete a User

  1. Expand the Main Menu on the top left of the window, expand OpenStack Administration and select Users. Arcus Menu Options
  2. Click the red X button to the right of the user you want to remove (Img.3), Confirm your choice by clicking the Delete button on the pop-up (Img.4) Delete User

Delete User Confirmation

Edit a User

  1. Expand the Main Menu on the top left of the window, expand OpenStack Administration and select Users. Arcus Menu Options
  2. Click on the user you want to edit
  3. On the Edit a User pop-up you can change
    • The username of the selected user
    • Enable/Disable a users login
    • Add/Remove them from the Administrators Role
    • Update the Email Address
    • Change the Password Edit User