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Create a user

Access users page

If you came here from the Create a tenant section, then you just need to click on the Users submenu in the left panel.

Otherwise, just navigate with the top tabs menu Backoffice → Administration and click on the Users submenu in the left panel.

Create your first user

This screen will show the same setup as the Tenants submenu, a collapsible component will be used to create or update a user and a datatable at the bottom will show you existing users with the pencil and trash bin icon to either enter edit mode or delete the user.

A user can either be local or LDAP, in both cases, an entry will be added to Avalon's database (DB) with the following differences:

  • password:
    • local: for local users, the password is stored hashed in the DB. You won't be able to retrieve local users' passwords but you can reset it if lost.
    • LDAP: users' password are not stored in Avalon's DB neither in memory once the authentication process is completed.
  • email: you can only add an email address for local users. Email for LDAP users will be retrieved from your LDAP servers.

Note

You won't be able to create a LDAP user if no LDAP server is defined in the appropriate section.

The last part of the user's configuration is to assign them to tenants and for each tenant specify a role:

  • user: the user will be a simple user that can only consult data from Avalon but cannot trigger any action towards the network.
  • admin: the user will have the ability to perform any tasks available in Avalon.

When you select a tenant to assign in the dropdown list, you need to select a role on the right side of the list and click + Add. This button will only be enabled when a role has been selected.

Note

A user can be assigned to the admin tenant and only the admin role is available for the admin tenant.

Roadmap

RBAC with more control on each feature will come in Q1 2026.

Let's create a local user and make them admin for the admin and Avalon tenants:

Create your first user
Create your first user

Your first user is now created and you will logout from admin user, reconnect with your newly created user and select the regular tenant you created in the previous section.

Move to your first AutoDiscovery!

You can now start to integrate your network into Avalon with the AutoDiscovery feature.