7. Users¶

A User is someone who has access to Tower with associated permissions and credentials. The Users link (found by clicking on the Settings () menu and selecting Users) allows you to manage the all Tower users. The User list may be sorted and searched by Username, First Name, or Last Name (click on the USERNAME button beside the search field to toggle your sorting preference).

There are three types of Tower Users:

1. Normal User: Normal Users have read and write access limited to the inventory and projects for which that user has been granted the appropriate roles and privileges.
2. System Auditor: Auditors implicitly inherit the read-only capability for all objects within the Tower environment.
3. System Administrator: a Tower System Administrator (also the Superuser) has admin, read, and write privileges over the entire Tower installation. A System Administrator is typically responsible for managing all aspects of Tower and delegating responsibilities for day-to-day work to various Users and System Auditors.

To create a new user click the button, which opens the Create User dialog.

Enter the appropriate details into the following fields:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email
• Username
• Organization (Choose from an existing organization–this is the default organization if you are using a Self-Supported level license.)
• Password
• Confirmation Password
• User Type (The System Administrator, superuser, has full system administration privileges for Tower. Assign with caution!)

Select Save when finished.

Once the user is successfully created, the User dialog opens for that newly created User. This is the same menu that is opened if the Edit () button beside a User is clicked from the Users link within Tower’s Settings (). Here, the User’s Organizations, Teams and Granted Permissions, as well as other user membership details, may be reviewed and modified.

7.1. User Types - Quick View¶

Once a user has been created, you can easily view permissions and user type information by looking beside their user name in the User overview screen.

If the user account is associated with an enterprise-level authentication method (such as SAML, RADIUS, or LDAP), the user type may look like:

If the user account is associated with a social authentication method, the user type will look like: