Onboard User Access Process, perform the following procedures to complete the initial on-boarding of users.Step 1: Create an organization
Data isolation is supported for each tenant, but not for each organization. It is, therefore, recommended that you create one organization per tenant.
Go to Admin console, click
User access
on the displayed screen, click Organization from the tab options, and click Organizations+.
Add the required information:
Organization ID.
Organization Name.
Description.
Status.
Click
Create
. The system displays the new organization.
Step 2: Create context values. When you create context values you will be able to monitor resources in the context of applications or environments. For example, if you choose to view resources in the context of an environment, you can monitor the performance of resources, data centers, and multicloud associated with each environment you create.
From the main menu, click
Admin
, click
Context type
.
Select
Context Type+
. The console displays the context value attributes:
Context Value ID: The internal value ID used by the system.
Context Value Name: The value name used by users and administrators.
Status: Context status.
Inactive: The number of inactive ones.
Active: The number of active.
Click
Create
. The system displays the new application or environment on the User Access Management screen.
The following table presents the valid context values for the
landing
context type, which is available in the system.
Context Value ID | Context Value Name |
Incident_Management_ID | Incident Management |
Problem_Management_ID | Problem Management |
Change_Management_ID | Change Management |
Serve_Lifecycle_Management_ID | Server Lifecycle Management |
Pervasive_Insights_ID | Pervasive Insights |
Actionable_Insights_ID | Actionable Insights |
Cognitive_Insights_ID | Cognitive Insights |
Step 3: Create a TeamCreate a team for administrative purposes. Teams are associated with provider accounts and they enable access to a specific provider account. Use the following procedure:
Click the overflow menu (vertical ellipsis) in the upper left.
If the Admin options are not exposed, click the Admin reveal arrow.
Click
User Access
to navigate to the User Access Management screen.
Click the
Teams
link to navigate to the Teams screen.
Click
Team
to display the Create Team screen.
Add the required information:
Team ID: team_name
Team Name: team_name
Organization: select from the dropdown list
Status: Inactive or Active
Step 4: Assign a role and context to teamsTo view all the roles available for CAM, go to
Supported Roles.Teams are created and exist in association with the concept of a role. A role provides organizations, teams, and users proper access to their resources in the CAM environment. For the purpose of onboarding assign the CAM Administrator role:
CAM Administrator: This role is associated with the organization. Teams assigned to this role have access to all teams within the organization. This role by default has the following privileges:
Tag assets.
Perform UI-based provider data ingestion.
CAM Administrator is currently the only supported role for the CAM
To assign a role and context to the client's team, perform the following procedure:
Click the overflow menu for the team you created.
Click
View Details
. The edit screen contains three tabs:
Properties: Edit team attributes such as Team ID and Team Name.
Roles: Assign roles that enable access to other entities such as teams.
Users: Assign existing users to the current team.
Click
Add Role
. The console displays a field labeled
Choose an Option
.
Click the down arrow to display the list of available roles.
Select
CAM Administrator
from the dropdown list.
Enter the required information:
Select the first check box under Associate.
Select
Organization
under Business Entities
Select the organization you created from the dropdown menu under Values
Select landing under Business Entities.
Select
ALL
to apply all context values or select from the following list:
Alerts
View Health Dashboard
View Inventory Dashboard
Actionable Insights
Pervasive Insights
Incident Management
Problem Management
Change Management
Step 5: Create and assign users to the team Perform the following procedure to create users and associate them to teams:
Click Users on the User Access Management screen to navigate to the Users screen.
Click User to navigate to the Add User screen.
Enter the required user information. Keep in mind that the User ID and Email values must be identical and must include the entire ID.
Select a team for the user:
Enter the name of the team in the
Team(s)
search field.
Click
Create
to create the user and assign it to the team. The user receives an e-mail message with a button labeled
Get Started
. Clicking the link navigates the user to the Kyndryl Platform.