User and group creation

Create users as the first level of security. You must create a user for each person who will log in to IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server.

If the InfoSphere Information Server internal user registry is used, you can create users and groups by using the InfoSphere Information Server console or the InfoSphere Information Server Web console. The InfoSphere Information Server console is available with IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer and InfoSphere Information Services Director. The InfoSphere Information Server Web console is available to all InfoSphere Information Server users with the SuiteUser role.

If you are using an external user registry, such as the local operating system user registry or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), you must create users and groups by using the user registry administration tools. You cannot create users and groups in external user registries by using the InfoSphere Information Server consoles.

Default and preconfigured users

Several administrator users are created by the InfoSphere Information Server installation program when it runs.

Creating users in the console

If the InfoSphere Information Server internal user registry is used, you can create users and groups by using the InfoSphere Information Server console.

Creating users in the Web console

If the InfoSphere Information Server internal user registry is used, you can create users and groups by using the InfoSphere Information Server Web console.

Permissions and groups configuration (Windows 2008)

After you install InfoSphere Information Server on Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, you must perform an additional task to configure users.