KICS Permissions Tutorial

The tasks bellow can only be accomplished by a user with access to the Administration Console (typically a system administrator).

Create a new User

To create a new user, follow these steps:

1. On the Left Menu go to Manage -> Users
2. On the right side, click on the Add User button
3. Enter the Username, it is recommended to use the users email address
4. Complete the empty fields by entering the email and first/last name.
5. Change User Enabled & Email Verification to the ON position
6. Under required actions you can select the following:
   1. Configure OTP - requires the user to set up two-factor authentication
   2. Update Password - requires the user to update their password for their first login. (Recommended)
   3. At this time Update Profile and Verify Email are not required.
7. Click Save

Create a Group

User Groups are helpful when multiple users should have the same level of access in the system. By assigning one or more permissions to a group, all users in that group inherit those permissions.

To create a User Group, and add permissions to the group, follow these steps:

1. On the Left Menu go to Manage -> Groups
2. On the right side, click on the New button
3. Type the desired name and click Save
4. There is a success message, and you are immediately on the new group details page
5. Go to the Role Mappings tab and choose the permissions to be added to the User Group
6. Select the permission(s) to assign on the Available Roles list (tip: hold down the control key to select multiple permissions). For detailed information on permissions see the Permissions List
7. Click the Add selected button

Add User to a Group

To add a User to a Group, follow these steps:

1. On the Left Menu go to Manage -> Users
2. Search for the user
3. Click on the link on the ID column to access the user detail page
4. Go to the Groups tab
5. Select a Group from the Available Groups list on the right
6. Click the Join Button

Note

To remove a user from a Group follow the same steps, but select a Group from the Group Membership list and click the Leave button

Assign a permission to a user

To assign a permission to a user, follow these steps:

1. On the Left Menu go to Manage -> Users
2. Search for the user
3. Click on the link on the ID column to access the user detail page
4. Go to the Role Mappings tab
5. Select the permission(s) to assign on the Available Roles list (tip: hold down the control key to select multiple permissions)
6. Click the Add selected button

Note

To remove a permission from a user, follow the same steps, but select the permission(s) to remove from the Assigned Roles list and click Remove selected