Views:
  1. Go to Administration > Account Management > Accounts, and then click Add.

    The Add Account screen appears.

  2. Toggle the Status of this account.
  3. Select Local user as the Type of this account.
  4. Type a valid user name.
  5. Type a valid password.
    Important:

    • Users must change the password after logging on to the management console for the first time.

    • Products that use local user account credentials to integrate cannot do so until the administrator-assigned password has been changed.

  6. Type the password again to confirm it.
    Tip:

    Click the Show password icon to unmask the password and skip this step.

  7. (Optional) Type a valid email address that can be used to receive alerts sent by Deep Discovery Director (Consolidated Mode).
  8. Select a Role for this account. The role determines the level of access this account has.

    For details, see Roles.

  9. Select Allow this account system access via web API to allow users to use this account's credentials and permission key to access the system using the web API.
    1. Select the number of days before the permission key expires.
    2. Select Allow this account to log on to the management console to allow this account's credentials to log on to the management console. Disabling this option causes the account to only be able to access the system via web API.
  10. (Optional) Type a description for this account.
  11. Click Save.

    If Allow this account system access via web API is selected, a dialog with the permission key is displayed.

Parent topic: Accounts