IAM User Detail - Security

This page allows you to view and edit the details for am IAM user.

Security credentials tab

This tab lets you create or modify a password and generate access keys for a user.

Generate a random password

To generate a random password for the user:
  1. Click the Generate Random Password button. The system will set a random password for the selected user, and a dialog box will appear, prompting you to save the generated password, which is delivered in a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
  2. Save the CSV file in a secure place.

Manually enter a password

To manually create a password:
  1. Type a password in the New password text box. Note that an indicator will appear under the text box as you type, indicating how strong the password is.
  2. Verify the password by typing it again into the Confirm new password text box.
  3. Click the Save Password button.
  4. A Change Password dialog box will appear, prompting you to enter your password to continue.
  5. Type your password into the Your password text box.
  6. Click the OK button. A dialog box will appear, prompting you to save the new password, which is delivered in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. Save the file in a secure place.

Delete a password

If a password is set for the user, the word "Yes" will appear next to the Password set? label. You can delete this password.

To delete a password:
Note: Deleting the password will disable console access for the user.
  1. Click the Delete password link on the screen. A dialog box asking you to verify the password deletion appears.
  2. Click the Yes, Delete Password button to delete the password, or dismiss the dialog box by clicking the x in the upper right corner to cancel the delete operation.

Generate access keys

To access to the cloud through Euca2ools or other third party tools, the user will need a set of access keys.

To generate access keys:
  1. Click the Generate Access Keys button. A dialog box will appear, prompting you to save the comma-separated value file containing the access keys.
  2. Save the generated key file in a secure place.
The generated access key will appear in the list of access keys.

Manage access keys

Each access key associated with the selected user is shown in a list in the Access keys section of the page. The list shows the access key ID, and a status of either Active or Inactive. Each entry in the list of access keys has a context menu, accessible in the Actions column. Clicking the action icon brings up a menu of actions that you can perform on the selected instance.

The following context menu actions are available:

Activate

Activates the selected access key.

Deactivate

Deactivates the selected access key.

Delete

Deletes the selected access key.

Actions menu

Clicking the Actions button brings up a menu of actions that you can perform on the selected user.

The following context menu actions are available:

Disable

This item deletes a user's password and creates an IAM access "deny all actions" policy that prevents them from executing any actions against the cloud. The user's other information, including active access keys, is maintained until you either make the user active again or delete them.

Delete

This item allows you to delete a user.
Note: This menu item deletes a user and all keys, passwords and permissions associated with that user.
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