Create a User

Create a user with a specific role to provide someone access to OKM Manager.

Available to: Security Officer (requires a quorum)
  1. From the System Management menu, select User List. Click Create...
  2. On the General tab, enter the following:
    • User ID — Uniquely identifies the user. Can be between 1 and 64 (inclusive) characters.
    • Description — Describes the user. This value can be between 1 and 64 (inclusive) characters.
    • Roles — The roles you want the user to perform.

    Note:

    The Quorum Member check box is disabled (grayed out) if the KMA currently runs KMS 2.1 or earlier or if the replication version of the OKM cluster is currently set to 10 or lower.
  3. Click the Passphrase tab and enter the passphrase. Confirm the passphrase (retype the same passphrase). The phrase must meet the requirements listed in Passphrase Requirements.
  4. Creating a user requires a quorum. Within the Key Split Quorum Authentication dialog, the quorum must type their usernames and passphrases to authenticate the operation. See Quorum Authentication for more information.
  5. Record User Information to keep track of OKM users.

Record User Information

Collect user information for future reference. Do not record passphrases for security reasons.

  • User ID:
  • Description:
  • Roles: