Creating a user to access the Forcepoint DSPM dashboard

By default, there are no users in the gv realm, meaning that nobody can access the dashboard to view agent activity, use analytics, run scans or create reports.

Users must either be created manually as described below, or imported, e.g. via LDAP user federation.

Users created in the gv realm will have full administrative access to the Forcepoint DSPM web console.

RBAC implementation for granular management of dashboard user permissions is on our roadmap.

Steps

  1. Make sure that it’s still the gv realm selected in the top left, not master:
  2. Click on the Users menu item on the left-side menu, this should load the (empty) Users list.
  3. Click the Add user button at the top to open the Add user screen.
  4. There is only one mandatory field here; The Username field should contain your desired username, e.g. admin.
  5. Click Create. This will then load the User Details page for the user that was just created.
  6. Here, click Set password.
  7. Next, choose a strong password for the user. Leave the Temporary option on if the user should change their password on the first login.
  8. Click Save.
  9. Navigate to the /ui endpoint of the IP of the server or the domain if you configured any. For example, https://my-dashboard.com/ui or https://10.10.121.127/ui

    Confirm that the credentials are working as expected.