This documentation is for WSO2 Carbon version 4.0.1. View documentation for the latest release.

Adding a New User and Assigning Roles

Follow the instructions below to add a new user account and configure its role.

1. Log on to the product's Management Console. In the "Configure" menu, click "Users and Roles" to access "System User Store."

For example,

Users and roles

2. Then click on the "Users" link.

User management

Note

The "Users" link is only visible to users with "Admin" permission. It is used to add new user accounts and modify or delete existing accounts.

3. Click on the "Add New User" link.

Add new user

4. The "Add User" window opens. The first step requires you to enter the user name and password. If you want to add a user with the default "Everyone" role, click "Finish". Else, click "Next" to define a user role other than the default.

add new user

5. If you proceed to the next step, a window will appear for you to select the roles to be assigned to the user. This can be done by selecting the appropriate check-boxes or using the "Select all"/"Unselect all" links.

Add mew user role

6. Click "Finish" once done.

A new user account will be created with the specified roles. The user name is displayed in the "Users" list.

WSO2 user management