Chapter 4. Managing users on the Ceph dashboard

Procedure

1. Log in to the Dashboard.

2. Click the Dashboard Settings icon and then click User management.

   
3. On Users tab, click Create.

4. In the Create User window, set the Username and other parameters including the roles, and then click Create User.

   
5. You get a notification that the user was created successfully.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Dashboard.

2. Click the Dashboard Settings icon and then click User management.

   
3. To edit the user, click the row.
4. On Users tab, select Edit from the Edit drop-down menu.

5. In the Edit User window, edit parameters like password and roles, and then click Edit User.

   
   Note

   If you want to disable any user’s access to the Ceph dashboard, you can uncheck Enabled option in the Edit User window.

6. You get a notification that the user was created successfully.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Dashboard.

2. Click the Dashboard Settings icon and then click User management.

   
3. On Users tab, click the user you want to delete.
4. select Delete from the Edit drop-down menu.

5. In the Delete User notification, select Yes, I am sure and click Delete User.

   

Procedure

1. From the dashboard navigation, go to Administration→Ceph Users.
2. Click Create.

3. In the Create User form, provide the following details:

   1. User entity: Enter as TYPE.ID.
   2. Entity: This can be mon, mgr, osd, or mds.

   3. Entity Capabilities: Enter the capabilities that you can to provide to the user. For example, 'allow *' and profile crash are some of the capabilities that can be assigned to the client.

      Note

      You can add more entities to the user, based on the requirement.

      

4. Click Create User.

   A notification displays that the user is created successfully.

Procedure

1. From the dashboard navigation, go to Administration→Ceph Users.
2. Select the user whose roles you want to edit.
3. Click Edit.

4. In the Edit User form, edit the Entity and Entity Capabilities, as needed.

   Note

   You can add more entities to the user based on the requirement.

5. Click Edit User.

   A notification displays that the user is successfully edited.

Procedure

1. Create a keyring file on the local host:

   Example

   [localhost:~]$ cat import.keyring
   
   [client.test11]
   	key = AQD9S29kmjgJFxAAkvhFar6Af3AWKDY2DsULRg==
   	caps mds = "allow *"
   	caps mgr = "allow *"
   	caps mon = "allow *"
   	caps osd = "allow r"

2. From the dashboard navigation, go to Administration→Ceph Users.
3. Select the user whose roles you want to export.
4. Select Edit→Import.
5. In the Import User form, click Choose File.
6. Browse to the file on your local host and select.

7. Click Import User.

   

   A notification displays that the keys are successfully imported.

Procedure

1. From the dashboard navigation, go to Administration→Ceph Users.
2. Select the user whose roles you want to export.
3. Select Export from the action drop-down.

4. From the Ceph user export data dialog, click Copy to Clipboard.

   

   A notification displays that the keys are successfully copied.

5. On your local system, create a keyring file and paste the keys:

   Example

   [localhost:~]$ cat exported.keyring
   
   [client.test11]
   	key = AQD9S29kmjgJFxAAkvhFar6Af3AWKDY2DsULRg==
   	caps mds = "allow *"
   	caps mgr = "allow *"
   	caps mon = "allow *"
   	caps osd = "allow r"

6. Click Close.

Procedure

1. From the dashboard navigation, go to Administration→Ceph Users.
2. Select the user that you want to delete and select Delete from the action drop-down.
3. In the Delete user dialog, select Yes, I am sure..

4. Click Delete user.

   A notification displays that the user is deleted successfully.