User accounts

Each account in Canvus has a profile. Your profile contains information about you, such as name and password.

Creating users

You can create users:

• Manually through the sign-in page
• Manually in the admin area
• Automatically through authentication integration

Create users on sign in page

If you have sign-up enabled, users can create their own accounts by registering on the sign-in page.

Create users in admin area

As an administrator, you can manually create users by:

1. Open Canvus server web UI
2. Navigate to Admin area > Users
3. Press New user button

Tip

You can also create users through the API as an administrator.

Create users through authentication integration

If you have SAML sign-up enabled, users will be automatically created upon first sign-in when authenticating with a SAML Identity Provider.

Deleting users

Users can be deleted from Canvus by an administrator:

1. Open Canvus server web UI
2. Navigate to Admin area > Users
3. Press Delete on user account to delete

Warning

Deleting a user will remove all resources owned by that user.

Tip

You can also delete users through the API as an administrator.

User groups

To simplify access management, you can create user groups and assign permissions to these groups.

Note

Only administrators can create and manage user groups.

Creating a group

To create a new group, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Canvus server web UI as an administrator
2. Navigate to Admin area->Groups
3. Click New group

Deleting a group

To delete a group, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Canvus server web UI as an administrator
2. Navigate to Admin area->Groups
3. Click Delete on the group you want to remove