Add Users - AWS Elemental Conductor File

This is version 2.18 of the AWS Elemental Conductor File documentation. This is the latest version. For prior versions, see the Archive section of AWS Elemental Conductor File and AWS Elemental Server Documentation.

Add Users

To set up users for the entire cluster, you need to perform this setup only on the Conductor node. If you have two Conductor nodes, you need to perform this setup only on the primary Conductor node.

If you answered Yes to the installer prompt “Do you wish to enable authentication”, then users must be set up on the node to access the AWS Elemental product from both interfaces as follows:

  • The web interface: When the user goes to the web interface, a login page will appear.

  • The REST API: REST commands must include additional HTTP headers that identify the user: X-Auth-User header, X-Auth-Expires header, X-Auth-Key header (which includes the API key that each user creates for themselves).

    For information on REST API access with user authentication, see the documentation on the REST API.

To add users

  1. Make sure that you are logged into the Conductor web interface as the “admin” user you created via the configure script.

  2. Hover over Configuration (cog icon) on the main menu and choose Users from the dropdown menu.

  3. On the Conductor Configuration screen, choose Settings > Users.

  4. On the Users screen, complete all fields and choose Create. Some notes:

    • Expires: If selected, the user will automatically expire after the specified period of time.

    • Force Password Reset: If checked, the user must reset their password the first time they login.

    • Role: Select a role: Admin, Manager, User, Viewer. For information about the actions allowed with each role, see the following section user Roles.

  5. If your organization uses the REST API, make sure to tell each user to choose Settings > User Profile to make a note of their personal API key.

    This API key is randomly generated when the user is created. It cannot be created manually (meaning that you cannot specify a specific set of characters for the key).

User roles

This section describes the actions that each user role can perform.

  • Viewer

    • Read-only access to AWS Elemental Conductor File and AWS Elemental Server

  • Operator

    • Same access as Viewer

    • Control the state of a job (cancel, archive, etc)

  • Manager

    • Same access as Viewer

    • Same access as Operator

    • Create and edit jobs

    • Create and edit presets

    • Create and edit profiles

    • Create and edit watch folders

  • Administrator

    • Access to the entire AWS Elemental Conductor File and AWS Elemental Server systems, including all of the access provided by the other roles