User Management

You manage users and user roles on the User Management page. You can change the username and details for a user, specifically, you can change the user name for the Alert administrator.

In addition to the default sysadmin user, there are two other default users in Alert, which are the jobmanager and alertuser.

The jobmanager user has the JOB_MANAGER user role.
The alertuser user has the ALERT_USER user role.

These default users are configured with the default password of blackduck. You cannot delete these user accounts.
You should change the default password for each user when Alert is first started. You can change passwords in the User Management screen.

Alert admins can manage permissions for the jobs that users can create or edit but they can't control which Black Duck projects users can see and configure in Alert.

User management tasks overview

Manage users and roles using the User Management page.

To create new users, delete users, or edit users, click User Management on the left navigation pane and select the Users tab.
To create, edit, or delete user roles, and manage the permissions for those roles, click User Management on the left navigation pane and select the Roles tab.

When you disable Enable Auto-Refresh on the User Management screen a Refresh button appears, which enables you to refresh the display.

Managing users

To create, edit, or delete users, click User Management on the left navigation pane and select the Users tab.

To create a new user, click +New, populate the fields and save.
To delete a user, select the checkbox that represents the user and then click the Delete button.
To edit a user, double-click the row for the user, or click the edit icon.

You cannot delete the default user accounts.

Managing roles

On the Roles tab of the User Management screen, you can create, edit, or delete roles, and manage the permissions for those roles.

Click User Management > Roles to open the Roles screen.

Adding a new role:

Click + New.
Type a name for the new role in the Role Name field.
Click + Add to add role permissions.
Select a value from the dropdown menu in the Descriptor Name field.
Select a value for the context in the Context field.
Select any permission checkboxes for permissions that you want to associate with this role and then click Save.

Copying an existing role

Click the Copy icon in the same row for the user role that you want to copy.
In the Role Name field on the Role screen, you can change the role name and click Save to create a new role with the same permissions.
Use the Add, Remove, or Edit functions to change permissions for your new role.

Adding or removing permissions for an existing role

Click the Edit icon or double-click the row that corresponds with the role name.
On the Role screen, click + Add to add new role permissions.
To edit a Descriptor, double-click the row or click the Edit icon to open the role permissions.
To remove a role Descriptor, for example, Black Duck, select the row and click Remove.
Click Save to save your changes.

Example of applied role permissions

About permissions

All Descriptors can be assigned a GLOBAL Context.
For all Channel (Slack, MS Teams, Email, Jira Server, Jira Cloud, Azure Boards) combinations where Context equals DISTRIBUTION, you must also add a Descriptor for Black Duck and a Context set to DISTRIBUTION.
All other non-channel Descriptor combinations with Context set to DISTRIBUTION are not valid combinations, such as Authentication, Settings, or User Management with DISTRIBUTION.

Deleting an existing role

Select the checkbox for the role that you want to delete.
Click the Delete button and follow prompts to delete the selected role.

Copying a user or role attributes to create a new user or role

Both user names and role names must be unique, but you have the option of creating new users and roles based on existing ones.

The table for users and the table for roles include an additional column containing a copy button, located at the far right of each user, and role. This enables you to copy the configuration of an existing user or role. By using the copy functionality, you can easily configure multiple users or roles where only a small number of fields differ between each one. Clicking the copy icon displays the User or Role dialog box.