User's Guide: Inviting a User to Fortanix Data Security Manager

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1.0 Introduction

This article describes the steps to invite a user to Fortanix-Data-Security-Manager (DSM).

2.0 Prerequisites

Ensure the following:

  • The email id of the user is required.

  • You need to be an account administrator to invite a user to an account.

NOTE

Fortanix recommends that you create more than one administrator accounts to ensure that you do not face any difficulties when an administrator user leaves the organization.

3.0 Invite a User

Perform the following steps to add a new user to an account:

  1. In the DSM left navigation panel, click the Users menu item, and then click the + button to add a new user.

  2. On the Add new users to the account page, the following two options are displayed:

    • INVITE BY EMAIL (Selected by default)

    • SEARCH LDAP DIRECTORY

 3.1 Using INVITE BY EMAIL option

Perform the following steps to invite a user using the invite by email option:

  1. Enter the email address of the person you want to invite.

  2. Enter the name of the person being invited. (This field is optional)

  3. Select a role for the user: Auditor, Account Member, or Account Administrator.

  4. Click INVITE.

For more information, refer to the User's Guide: Authorization.

3.2 Using SEARCH LDAP DIRECTORY option

Perform the following steps to invite a user using the search LDAP directory option:

  1. Select the Source and the Scope for search.

  2. Click SEARCH DIRECTORY

  3. Select the user(s) you want to invite.

  4. From the “Use value as the email address” drop-down menu, select the field which contains the email address (E-mail or User Principal Name).

  5. Click ADD USERS TO THE ACCOUNT.

NOTE

To use this option, you must configure Fortanix DSM for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication. For more information about LDAP authentication, refer to the User's Guide: Single Sign-On.

4.0 User Actions

You can perform the following actions on existing users:

  • Enable/Disable a User: To perform this action, hover over the user in the user's list and click enable/disable toggle button. 

  • Delete a User: To perform this action, scroll to the end of the page and click DELETE USER.

  • Copy UUID of a User: To perform this action, from the top of the user’s page, click the copy icon next to the app UUID to copy it.