Accounts

Adding an account

1. Log in to the Stream Administration Interface.

2. Go to Security > Accounts and click add_account;

3. Select the type of account to create: a local account connects to Stream using a login and a password, while an X509 account uses a user authentication certificate to connect to Stream;

4. Set the identifier (login) of the account. Optionally, you can add a description to the account.

5. Select the roles you want to assign to this account (not mandatory). If you do not have a role set up for the account, please refer to the Roles section of this guide.

6. Specify the straight configuration and lifecycle permissions you want to give the account (not mandatory).

Once everything is set up, you can click Save.

It is highly recommended to configure and use Roles rather than using straight permissions.

Managing accounts

1. Log in to the Stream Administration Interface.

2. Go to Security > Accounts. From there, you can see all Stream accounts and their associated information.

  • The identifier column represents the account’s internal name and serves as login for a local account;

  • The type column indicates whether the account is local or X509;

  • The description column shows the account’s description;

  • The permissions column shows the straight permissions that are built into the account. If the account has any configuration permission, it will display configuration_permission and if it has any lifecycle permission it will display lifecycle_permission;

  • The roles column shows the roles that have been assigned to that account;

  • You can reset the password of local accounts using the reset_password button;

  • You can delete an account using the delete_account button;

  • You can edit an account's information using the edit_account button.