Security Users

Reference page for Users of Servoy Cloud Applications

Overview

Security Users or Servoy Cloud Application Users are users allowed to authenticate into Servoy Cloud Applications that use the Servoy Cloud Authenticator method.

These users can be assigned to roles, granting them specific permissions within Servoy Cloud applications.

Create User

To create a user in Servoy Cloud Security, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Users:

   • Use the menu to go to Security -> Users.

2. Create a New User:

   • Click the Create User button to open the user creation dialog.

3. Define User Details:

   • Enter the required details for the new user in the provided fields.

4. Save User:

   • Save the user information. You will be automatically redirected to the User Details page.

Create Security User Dialog

You have successfully created a Security User in Servoy Cloud. The user will receive an email requesting account verification.

Important Note: The account verification email has limited validity. Without completing the account verification, the user will not be able to log into the Servoy Cloud Application.

User Details

The User Details Overview page provides detailed information about a Security User in Servoy Cloud. This page contains the following tabs:

• Details

• User Roles

• User Permissions

• Login History

User details tabs

Details

The Details tab refers to the following User Details:

Key	Editable	Details
First name	true	By default, first name is set as the email
Last name	true	No default value
Email	false
Registered	false	The user creation date
User status (verification status)	false	Displayed under the email field, indicates the user status. Can have the following values: Pending Verification - The user is not active The account has not been verified using the email sent at the time of user creation. Verified - The user is active The account has been successfully verified.
Latest Login	false	The last login date of the user or empty if no login registered
IP Address	false	The IP Address registered at the last login date
Authentication Source	false	Currently can have the following values: Database: refers to users created using CCC

Roles

The Roles tab on the Security User Details page displays a list of roles assigned to the user. From this tab, you can only view or remove roles. To assign a user to a role, seeAssign User to Role

Remove role from user

To remove the user from a role group:

1. Identify the Role: Locate the role you wish to remove from the list.

2. Delete the Role: Click on the delete icon next to the corresponding role.

Once the role is removed, the user will lose all associated permissions.

Remove role assigned to User from User Details page

Permissions

The Permissions tab on the Security User Details page displays a list of all the permissions the user has, along with the applications where these permissions are applied.

Creating and Assigning Permissions

• To create permissions, see Security

• To assign permissions to roles, see Security Roles

History

The History tab on the Security User Details page shows the user's login history with the following details:

• Login Date

• IP Address

Actions

Delete User

This feature is only available for users who are pending account verification. Verified users cannot be deleted; they can only be locked. To lock a user, seeChange Lock Status

To delete a Security User:

1. Navigate to Security -> Users using the menu.

2. Navigate to User Details by clicking the context menu of the chosen user
3. Click the Actions button on the top right of the page

4. Click the Delete User button and confirm the deletion.

Delete Security User

Re-send Verification Email

This feature is only available for users which are pending account verification

Users must verify their account to become active users capable of logging into Servoy Cloud Applications. The initial verification email has limited validity; if expired, users will be redirected to an error page.

To re-send user verification email:

1. Navigate to Security -> Users using the menu.

2. Navigate to User Details by clicking the context menu of the chosen user
3. Click the Actions button on the top right of the page

4. Click the Resend Verification email button. The user will receive an email to verify their account

Re-send User Verification Email

Change Lock Status

This feature is only available for verified users.

To change the lock status of an user:

1. Navigate to Security -> Users using the menu.

2. Navigate to User Details by clicking the context menu of the chosen user
3. Click the Actions button on the top right of the page

4. Click the Change lock status button, which prompts a dialog

5. Toggle the chosen lock status

6. Save the changes

Security User Lock Status

Lock status indicators:

• Security Users List Overview - Displays the Locked text along with a lock icon for the corresponding locked user

• User Details Page - Displays a greyed-out username along with a lock icon.

Locked Security User

Reset Password

This feature is only available for verified users.

To reset the password of a Security User:

1. Navigate to Security -> Users using the menu

2. Navigate to User Details by clicking the context menu of the chosen user
3. Click the Actions button on the top right of the page

4. Click the Reset password button, which prompts a dialog

5. Fill in the required fields

6. Save the changes

Reset password of Security User