HCP System Management Help
1.On the Users page in the Tenant Management Console, click on Create User Account.
2.In the Create User Account panel:
oOptionally, deselect the Enable account option to have the user account initially disabled.
A disabled user account cannot be used to access the Tenant Management Console or HCP Search Console. It can, however, be used for namespace access with the HTTP protocol and Namespace Browser.
oIn the Username field, type a login name for the user account. Usernames must be from one through 64 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters but cannot start with an opening square bracket ([). White space is allowed.
Usernames are not case sensitive.
The username for a user account must be unique for the current tenant. Different tenants can have user accounts with the same username.
You can reuse usernames that are not currently in use. So, for example, if you delete the account for a user, you can create a new account for that user with the same username as before.
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Tip: Consider using email addresses as usernames. This enables users to more easily remember their HCP usernames. It also gives you easy access to email addresses should you need to contact any users. |
oIn the Full Name field, type the name of the person for whom you’re creating the user account. This name must be from one through 64 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space.
oFor the Authentication option, select either Local or, for remote authentication, RADIUS.
If you select Local, the panel displays the Password and Confirm Password fields and Force change on next login option. If you select RADIUS, these fields are hidden.
For local authentication:
–In the Password field, type a password for the user account. Passwords can be up to 64 characters long, can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space, and are case sensitive.
To be valid, a password must include at least one character from two of these three groups: alphabetic, numeric, and other.
The minimum length for passwords is tenant specific. Typically, it’s six or eight characters. For information on changing the minimum length for passwords, see Changing user account and login settings.
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Note: HCP does not save passwords in a recoverable format. If a user forgets his or her password, you need to assign a new one. |
–In the Confirm Password field, type the password again.
–Optionally, select the Force change on next login option.
When this option is selected, the next time a user uses the account to log into the Tenant Management Console, the Console automatically displays the Change Password page. The user cannot do anything else in the Console until the password is changed.
Once the user changes the password, the Force change on next login option is automatically deselected.
oIn the Roles section, select any number of roles for the user account, including none. For descriptions of the available roles, see Administrative roles and permissions.
oOptionally, specify a description for the user account:
1.Click on Description.
2.In the Description field, type a description of the user account. This text can be up to 1,024 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space.
oOptionally, if you have the administrator role, select the Allow namespace management option. (This option is selected automatically and cannot be deselected if the account being created has the administrator role.)
oOptionally, if you have the administrator role, click on Assign Namespace Permissions. Then associate data access permissions with the user account, as described in Specifying permissions for any number of namespaces.
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Note: You cannot associate data access permissions with a RADIUS-authenticated user account. |
3.Click on the Create User Account button.
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