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From the Administration tab, select the Administrators tab -> Groups tab, and then click the Add icon.
In the Add Admin Group wizard, complete the following:
Name: Enter a name for the admin group.
Comment: Enter useful information about the group, such as location or department. For fireeye-group, NIOS displays Group used to receive FireEye alerts in this field.
Disable: Select this to retain an inactivated profile for this admin group in the configuration. For example, you may want to define a profile for recently hired administrators who have not yet started work. Then when they do start, you simply need to clear this checkbox to activate the profile.
Click Next and complete the following:
Superusers: Select this to grant the admin accounts that you assign to this group full authority to view and configure all types of data and perform all tasks.
Allowed Interfaces: Superusers admin groups are automatically granted access to the Infoblox GUI (Grid Manager), API, and CLI. You can specify which API the superusers group can access. Note that you must have the Cloud Network Automation or Cloud Platform license installed to configure access to the cloud API.
GUI: This is selected by default. The superusers admin group automatically has full access to Grid Manager.
API: This is selected by default. Note that the following options are displayed only if a cloud license is installed in the Grid.
CLI:
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This is selected by default.
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The superusers admin group automatically has full access to the NIOS CLI.
API (WAPI/PAPI only): The superusers admin group has full access to the RESTful API and the Infoblox API by default.
Cloud API: Select this to allow the superusers admin group to use the cloud API. This option is available only if a cloud license is installed in the Grid. Select one of the following:
Cloud API only (no PAPI): Select this to allow the admin group to use WAPI (RESTful API) to send cloud API requests. Note that the Cloud API uses WAPI exclusively. The group has no access to the Infoblox API.
Cloud API and PAPI (No WAPI): Select this to allow the admin group to send API requests and have access to the Infoblox API. However, the group cannot use WAPI to send cloud API calls.
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NoteWhen you assign cloud API access to an admin group, the group assumes full authority over all delegated objects. You must however specifically assign object permissions to the admin group for the group to gain authority over non-delegated objects. For information about how to assign object permissions, see About Administrative Permissions. |
44. Click Next and complete the following to define the dashboard template:
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6. Optionally, click Next to add extensible attributes to the admin group. For information, see About Extensible Attributes.
7. Save the configuration and click Restart if it appears at the top of the screen. You can do one of the following after you create a superuser admin group:
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