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Local users (how-to)

With the local user manager in Ixolate one can add users and groups and define the privileges for granting access to certain parts of the GUI (Web…

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With the local user manager in Ixolate one can add users and groups and define the privileges for granting access to certain parts of the GUI (Web Configurator).

Adding Users

To add a new user go to System › Access › Users and click on the + sign at the bottom right corner of the form.


Defined By information Shows the source of the user, read only information
uid information Autogenerated internal user number
Disabled Unchecked Can be used to (temporarily) disable an account
Username John A unique username
Password secret A strong password
Scrambled Password Generate a scrambled password to prevent local database logins for this user.
Full name John Doe Optional, Full username, for reference only
E-Mail <a@b.com> Optional, users email, for reference only
Comment Optional, comment field, for reference only
Preferred landing page ui/page Optional, landing page to visit after login
Language Default Language to use for this user
Login shell /bin/csh The shell to use when logging in via the console.
Expiration date Optional, if account should expire enter as mm/dd/yyy
Group Membership Optional, select one or more groups
Effective Privileges Optional, additional grants for this user, usually these are being handled via a group
OTP seed Optional, enter or generate a OTP seed (base32)
Authorized keys Optional, paste ssh key for ssh console access

Creating and maintaining API keys

The assigned keys can be found in the “ApiKeys” tab, where you can remove keys that are no longer used.

Creating Groups

Go to System › Access › Groups and click on the + sign in the lower right corner of the form.

Enter a Group name and a Description and add users to the group.

When users should access resources on this firewall via a group, connect the relevant ones via Assigned Privileges.

Validate and change privileges

The System › Access › Privileges privileges page offers quick insights into the roles available and their purpose.

Each component in the same “lives” on it’s own path (endpoint), these are collected into privileges for easy access.


ID Internal identifier stored in the database
Name The name of this privilege
Match The different paths this privilege matches on
Users The number of users linked directly into this privilege
Groups The number of groups linked directly into this privilege
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