Software AG Products 10.11 | Using Developer Portal | User management | Overview
 
Overview
Developer Portal provides you with options to onboard users and manage their accounts. You can:
*Onboard users and user groups
*Configure an approval strategy to process new user sign up requests
*Manage user privileges
*Configure advanced security settings to protect user accounts
User onboarding
Developer Portal offers you the following options to onboard users into your portal:
Lists the user onboarding options available in Developer Portal. They include Native registration, Sign up using SAML SSO and Social media account, and Import of LDAP users.
Configure approval strategy
You can configure the strategy for approving user sign up requests.
It is not mandatory to specify an onboarding strategy. If you do not configure an onboarding strategy, users who sign up are directly onboarded.
For information on configuring user onboarding strategies, see Onboarding Strategy.
Manage user privileges
You can assign one of the following privileges to users and user groups:
*Administrator. Has access to all modules and they can administer Developer Portal.
*Provider. Can manage APIs and communities, and view API economy and usage dashboards.
*Consumer. Can use API gallery, try APIs, and view API usage analytics.
When you assign a privilege to a user group, it will be applicable to all users in the group. For information on assigning or modifying user privileges, see How do I assign privileges to a user?.
Advanced user account security
You can make the user accounts more secure by enabling:
*Multi factor authentication. For information on multi-factor authentication, see How do I configure multi-factor authentication settings?
*Account lockout settings. For information on account lockout configuration, see How do I configure user account lockout settings?.
*Password policy. For information on password policy configuration, see How do I configure password policy?.