Users

The System Users page includes the following sections. Click on the link to go to the corresponding section to learn more:

To go to the documentation for the previous section of System, see Tools . To go to the next section in the manual section, see Network Deployment.

To access the Users page in the WAF management interface, on the left panel, under System, click Users.

To save configuration changes or edits you make to any features and options, you must click Save on the lower-right of the section or page where you are making changes. Click apply changes on the upper-left corner of the page, and then click OK. Your changes will not be stored if you do not properly save your changes.

The user document contains tools for user administration.

User accounts

Alert Logic Managed Web Application Firewall (WAF) has two built in user accounts cannot be deleted. In addition the Administrator account can create and modify administrative accounts for additional users.

Built in user accounts

WAF has two built-in user accounts which cannot be deleted.

Administrator

The administrator account named admin is used for administration of WAF in the web based management interface.

The administrator account can perform any system or proxy task in the management interface including creating and deleting new administrative users.

Console operator

The console operator named operator is the user account used to access the system console CLI. This account can only perform basic system related administrative tasks and only in the system console.

Password for the console operator can only be changed using the command-line (CLI) interface. For information on how to change it, use set password CLI command

Additional accounts

Apart from user administration additional accounts created by the administrator have the same privileges as the built in administrator account.

Current user

This section allows the current user to change password. Minimum required length is 8 characters. Maximum length is 32 characters.

To change password enter the following information in the password fields:

Old password: enter the old password

New password: enter the new password

Repeat new: repeat the new password

To save the changes, click on the Apply button.

System users

The system users section allows the administrator to add, delete and modify other system users.

To add a new user enter the users information in an empty row and click the Save changes button.

User name Input field	The user name the user logs in with. Valid input Text and special characters. Input example `fester@somedomain.com` Default value `None`
Real name Input field	The users real name Valid input Text and special characters. Input example `Fester Bestertester` Default value `None`
Set new password Input field	The users password. Valid input Any string Input example `fdasdfdaqdbasdas` Default value `None` The password field is blank for existing users. To change a users password enter a new password in the field.
X Button
Add row Button	Click this button to add an empty row if necessary.
Save changes Button	Click this button to save changes to the table.