User management¶

Creating a new admin user¶

Visit the admin users page:

http://localhost:8000/admin/auth/user/

Replace localhost:8000 with your PANDA’s domain name.

In the upper-right corner click “Add user”. Type in the email address and name and click “Save”. If you’ve already setup Email then you will receive a registration email with an activation link. Ignore it. On the details page for your new user click the “change password form” link underneath the Password field. Enter your password and click “Change Password”. Check the Active, Staff status and Superuser status checkboxes and click “Save”.

Note

You must enable Superuser status in order for the new user to be able to use the admin. Staff-only users will be ableto login to the admin, but will not have permission to view or edit any configuration.

Creating new PANDA users¶

Note

Setup Email before you do this.

Visit the admin users page:

http://localhost:8000/admin/auth/user/

Replace localhost:8000 with your PANDA’s domain name.

In the upper-right corner click “Add user”. Type in the email address. You may choose to also enter the user’s name or leave it blank. They will have an opportunity to add/update it. Click “Save”. Your new user will receive a registration email with an activation link.

Creating new users in bulk¶

If you need to create a lot of users you can also use your administrative API key to create new users via the API.