Configuring Users and User Stores

The user management feature allows you to create new users and define the permissions granted to each user. You can also configure the user stores that are used for storing data related to user management.

Create users and roles

Super Admin users can create, and manage users and user roles using the Management Console of the WSO2 Open Banking identity and access management component. The steps given below describe how to create a user and user role. Create users and roles for the bank staff, PSU, and TPP with the following permissions:

For detailed information, see Working with Users, Roles, and Permissions.

Create a user role

Follow the steps below to create a user role:

1. Click Main > Identity > Users and Roles > Add on the Management Console home screen.
   
2. Click Add New Role. 
   
3. Enter a role name, e.g, APIConsumer and click Next. 
   
4. Select the necessary permissions, e.g., Admin Permissions > Manage > Subscribe and click Finish.
   
   A success message is displayed.

Create a user

Follow the steps below to create a user:

1. Click Main > Identity > Users and Roles > Add on the Management Console home screen. 
   
2. Click Add New User.
   
3. Enter the username and password that can be used by the user to sign in to the WSO2 Open Banking solution.
   
4. Click Next.
5. Select the user role applicable for the created user, e.g., APIConsumer.
   
6. Click Finish.
   A success message is displayed.

Configuring user stores

The user management feature also allows you to maintain multiple user stores for storing users and their roles. See the following topics for instructions:

• Configuring User Stores
  
  • Configuring the Primary User Store
    • Configuring a JDBC User Store
    • Configuring a Read-Only LDAP User Store
    • Configuring a Read-Write Active Directory User Store
    • Configuring a Read-Write LDAP User Store
  • Configuring Secondary User Stores
  • Working with Properties of User Stores
  • Writing a Custom User Store Manager