User administration (AER 2.26)

Add a user

New users can navigate to your local Anaconda Repository web page and sign themselves up for an account, or the administrator can add them using the command line:

anaconda-server-create-user --username "jsmith" --password "abc123DEF"  --email "jsmith@acme.com"

NOTE: Replace jsmith, abc123DEF, and jsmith@acme.com with the actual username, password, and email address of the new user.

Resending welcome emails to new users

To send emails Anaconda Repository must have the email settings configured.

If a user reports that they did not receive their welcome email after registering on your local Anaconda Repository web page, it may have been caught in a spam filter. An administrator can regenerate and manually send this email.

Resend welcome email:

  1. Log into your Anaconda repository administrative account.
  2. Navigate to the following url: http://your.anaconda.repository:<port>/admin/resend_email/password_reset
  3. Click the “Confirmation” tab.
  4. Enter the user’s email address and re-generate the email template.
  5. Send the email to the user.

Resetting user passwords

If a user forgets their password, an administrator can request a reset link to provide to the user.

To send emails Anaconda Repository must have the email settings configured.

  1. Go to the following url: http://your.anaconda.repository:<port>/admin/resend_email/password_reset
  2. Select the “Password Reset” tab.
  3. Enter the user’s email address.
  4. The graphical user interface will generate a password reset link.
  5. Email the link to the user.

Administrators can also reset passwords without sending emails:

anaconda-server-admin reset-password jsmith

NOTE: Replace “jsmith” with the username whose password you want to reset.