In the KUMA web interface, open Settings → Access → Users.
Click the Add button and set the parameters as described below.
Active (default) makes a user account active. Only users with an Active account can log in to the KUMA web interface. An account status can also change to Inactiveautomatically, for example, when the maximum number of login attempts to the web interface of the application is exceeded.
In the Name field, enter the user name. The length of the string must be 1 to 128 Unicode characters.
In the Login field, enter a unique user name for the user account. Must contain from 3 to 64 characters (only a–z, A–Z, 0–9, . \ - _).
In the Email field, enter the unique email address of the user. Must be a valid email address.
Receive email notifications—select this check box if you want the user to receive SMTP notifications from KUMA.
Display non-printable characters—select this check box if you want the KUMA web interface to display non-printing characters such as spaces, tab characters, and line breaks. If the Display non-printable characters check box is selected, you can press Ctrl/Command+* to enable or disable the display of non-printing characters.
Spaces and tab characters are displayed in all input fields (except the Description field), in normalizers, correlation rules, filters and connectors, and in SQL queries for searching events in the Events section. Spaces are displayed as dots. A tab character is displayed as a dash in normalizers, correlation rules, filters and connectors. In other fields, a tab character is displayed as one or two dots.
Line break characters are displayed in all input fields that support multi-line input, such as the event search field.
New password lets you set a password manually or generate one with the Generate password button. The password must satisfy the following requirements:
At least one of the following special characters: !, @, #, %, ^, &, *
No more than two identical characters in a row.
The password does not contain the login.
The user must change the password when logging in to the KUMA web interface for the first time and subsequently change the password at least once every three months. The General administrator can manage both of these settings in the security policy.
In the Confirm password field, enter the password again for confirmation.
If the User must change password on next login check box is selected, the next time the user attempts to log in to the KUMA web interface, the user must specify the old password and set a new password. After that, the user is allowed to log in to the KUMA web interface with the new password.
This setting is available only for Active accounts.
You can use this setting, for example, when creating a new user. You can assign a temporary password to the user and select this check box. After the user logs in with a temporary password, KUMA prompts the user to change the password.
You can also make users reset their passwords in the Settings → Access → Users section by selecting users from the list and clicking the Reset password on next login button.
Under Access, use the Add role buttons to assign roles to the user in specific tenants. A user can be assigned different roles in different tenants; multiple roles can be assigned within the same tenant.
In the Space sets drop-down list, select check boxes next to one or more space sets to which you want to grant access. If the user does not have a space set selected, access is granted to the default space set.
If the Do not limit password lifetime toggle switch is enabled, the user account is not affected by the password lifetime setting. We recommend enabling this setting for a service account, restricting the rights of such an account, and setting a password of maximum complexity. Typically, a user account with an unlimited password lifetime is used for monitoring. When migrating users, you can manually enable this setting for those service accounts that were previously used to display the dashboard.