Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Onboarding Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Configure users and access

Updated: July 7, 2026

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Configure users, roles, and scopes in vManage to control access and permissions.

Only a user logged in as the admin user or a user who has write permissions can add, edit, or delete users from Cisco SD-WAN Manager. For more information, see Role Based Access Control .

Procedure

1.

Click Users.

Alternatively, from the SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Administration > Users and Access .

  1. Click Add users

  2. Enter Full name , Username , and Password . Re-enter the password once more in Confirm Password .

  3. Enable the Remote User option for remote users. If you enable this option, enter an email for the user.

  4. Choose Roles and Scope for the users.

  5. Click Add .

2.

Click Roles .

  1. Click Add Role .

  2. Enter Custom Role Name .

  3. Select the Deny , Read , or Write check box against the feature or sub feature that you want to assign a role.

  4. Click Add .

3.

Click Scope .

  1. Click Scope .

  2. Enter Scope Name and Description .

  3. Click Add Nodes .

  4. Choose the required Nodes and click Save .

  5. (Optional) In the Associations pane, click Add Users to associate users. Choose the users that you want to add.

  6. Click Save .

    The selected users are associated to a scope.

  7. (Optional) In the Configurations tab, click Add Configurations to add configurations.

    Choose the available configurations from the following tabs:

    1. Configuration Group

    2. Device Template

    3. Feature Template

    4. Feature Profile

    5. Security Policy

    6. Localized Policy

  8. Click Save .

    A new scope with nodes, users and required configurations is created.