InfiMONITOR NEXT is a multi-user system with access rights differentiation. A separate account can be created for each monitoring system operator, to be used for authorization in the web interface.

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• User UserA can only manage the configuration of the HostA and HostB devices. His role assumes the management of the devices, but the visibility area is limited only to Group1.
• User UserB can perform all the operations with all the devices. His role allows any operation, and the visibility area is not limited. This implies that assigning device groups to a user having an admin role has no sense.

Superadmin account

NEXT by default has By default, NEXT has a super-administrator account with the name "admin" . It that has a following features:

• The This administrator account login cannot be changed.
• An This admin account can not re removed.
• The This administrator account always has a Superadmin role.

User account management

Use the side Click on "Users" at the top menu to proceed to the user account management section:

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By default, the section displays a list of groups and users user accounts. For each account, the following values are displayed:

• "Role" - current user role.
• "Name" - user name.
• "Login" - user login.
• "Email" - user email address.
• "Source" - account source:
  • NMS - local user account.
  • LDAP - account obtained from the directory server using the LDAP protocol.

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User groups

Groups are necessary to effectively manage the visibility areas of InfiMONITOR NEXT users visibility areas. Each user group can be assigned to one or more device groups. Thus, the visibility area of the group users will be extended to all the devices included in the device groups assigned to this user group.

• Each user must be included in at least one user group.
• By default, in the monitoring system the "Administrators" group is created, and with "admin" user included. This group is required and cannot be removed.having included the user with Superadmin role.

User group creation

To create a new user group, click on the "New Add group" button. A form will appear on the screen containing the following fields:

• "Name" - user group name.
• "Description" - arbitrary groups group description. 
• Devices groups - the list of devices groups that will be included in the visibility area of new user group.
• Users - the list of user accounts included in the group.

Fill these fields and click on the "Save" button to create add a new group.

Assigning device groups to user groups

Remove users group

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Remove users groups

Create a user account

To add a new user account, click on the "New Add User" button. A form will appear on the screen containing two sections:

• Information - basic user account settings:
  • "Name"  - an arbitrary user name, such as his first and last name.
  • "Email"  - the email address of the user to which notifications will be sent.
  • "Login"  - user login used for authentication.
  • "Password" and "Password confirm" - account password and confirmation.
  • "Role" - account role."Active user"
  • User groups - the list of groups where the account is included.
  • Hosts groups - the list of devices groups that will be included in the user's visibility area.
  • Active user - activation/deactivation flag of the user account. A user with a deactivated account will be denied the access to the NEXT web interface.
  Groups - user groups where this account is included. This section contains a current groups list. To remove an account from a group or include it in a new one, click the "Chose Groups" button and select or deselect the corresponding groups and click the "OK" button

There is field "Email" in "Notifications" section must be filled. This email will be used for user notifications.

To apply the changes, click the "Save" button.

Assigning

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device groups