Managing Users and Groups
This chapter describes how to configure and manage users, groups, and host access on the mobility services engine.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•"Managing Groups" section
•"Managing Users" section
Managing Groups
This section describes how to add, delete, and edit user groups.
User groups allow you to define and different access privileges to users.
Caution
Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read access permission, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.
Adding User Groups
To add a user group to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add a user group.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Groups.
Step 5 Select Add Group from the Select a command drop-down menu and click GO.
Step 6 Enter the name of the group in the Group Name field.
Step 7 Select a permission level from the Permission drop-down menu.
There are three permissions levels to select from:
•Read Access
•Write Access
•Full Access (required for Cisco WCS to access mobility services engines)
Step 8 Click Save to add the new group to the mobility services engine.
Deleting User Groups
To delete user groups from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user group.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Groups.
Step 5 Check the check boxes of the groups that you want to delete.
Step 6 Select Delete Group from the Select a command drop-down menu and click GO.
Step 7 Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the selected groups.
Changing User Group Permissions
To change user group permissions, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Groups.
Step 5 Click the name of the group you want to edit.
Step 6 Select a permission level from the Permission drop-down menu.
Step 7 Click Save to apply your change.
Caution
Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user permission for full access and add that user to a group with read access, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.
Managing Users
This section describes how to add, delete, and edit users to a mobility services engine. It also describes how to view active user sessions.
Adding Users
To add a users to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add users.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Users.
Step 5 Select Add User from the Select a command drop-down menu and click GO.
Step 6 Enter the username in the Username field.
Step 7 Enter a password in the Password field.
Step 8 Enter the name of the group to which the user belongs in the Group Name field.
Step 9 Select a permission level from the Permission drop-down menu.
There are three permission levels to select from: Read Access, Write Access, and Full Access (required for Cisco WCS to access a mobility services engine).
Caution
Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read access, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.
Step 10 Click Save to add the new user to the mobility services engine.
Deleting Users
To delete a user from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Users.
Step 5 Check the check boxes of the users that you want to delete.
Step 6 Select Delete User from the Select a command drop-down menu and click GO.
Step 7 Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the selected users.
Changing User Properties
To change user properties, follow these steps:
Step 1 In Cisco WCS, click Mobility > Mobility Services.
Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.
Step 3 Click Accounts (left).
Step 4 Click Users.
Step 5 Click the name of the group that you want to edit.
Step 6 Make the required changes to the Password, Group Name, and Permission fields.
Step 7 Click Save to apply your change.