Managing Oracle Identity Cloud Service Users and Groups in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console

This topic describes how to use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console to manage your Oracle Identity Cloud Service users and groups. Before you get started, understand basic federation concepts. See Federating with Identity Providers.

Overview of Working with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Users and Groups in the Console

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console provides an integration with Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) that lets you perform many management tasks for your IDCS users and groups in the Console.

User Management Tasks

In the Console, you can do the following user management tasks:

  • Add users
  • Remove users
  • Add users to groups
  • Assign roles to users to access services and instances
  • Reset user password

For information on more user management tasks, see Managing Oracle Identity Cloud Service Users in Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

Group Management Tasks

In the Console, you can do the following group management tasks:

  • Add groups
  • Remove groups
  • Add users to groups
  • Map IDCS groups to IAM groups

For information on more group management tasks, see Managing Oracle Identity Cloud Service Groups in Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

Required Policies and Permissions

To manage Oracle Identity Cloud Service users and groups in the Console, you'll need to be granted permissions in both the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IAM service and in Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

Members of the OCI_Administrators group have the required permissions to create groups and policies in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Important: To create users and groups in the Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation, you'll need the Identity Domain Administrator role, or be a member of a group that has been granted that role. For information on Oracle Identity Cloud Service roles, see Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

To quickly create a user with the required permissions, see Add a User with Oracle Cloud Administrator Permissions.

Working with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Groups

The Console lets you perform the following tasks to manage groups in Oracle Identity Cloud Service:

  • Add groups
  • Delete groups
  • Edit the name and description
  • Add users to groups
  • Remove users from groups
  • Map groups to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure groups

Some tasks you can't perform in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. To add the predefined application roles for some Oracle Cloud products, you need to assign roles in the Identity Cloud Service console. For more information about using Oracle Identity Cloud Service, see Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

For the members of a group in Oracle Identity Cloud Service to have permissions in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must map the IDCS group to a group in IAM. Before you set up any new groups in IDCS, ensure that you understand how to assign permissions to groups in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. See Overview of Identity and Access Management.

Working with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Users

The Console lets you perform the following tasks to manage users in Oracle Identity Cloud Service:

  • Add users
  • Delete users
  • Edit user details
  • Add users to groups
  • Add roles to users
  • Remove users from groups
  • Reset user passwords

User Management Tasks You Can't Perform in the Console

The Oracle Cloud Console does not support management of the following Oracle Identity Cloud Service user features and tasks:

  • Manage multifactor authentication

For information about managing these tasks, see Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service.

Managing Oracle Identity Cloud Service Groups in the Console

To create a group in Oracle Identity Cloud Service

This procedure creates a new group in Oracle Identity Cloud Service. Optionally, you can add users to the group at the time you create it. This group will not have any permissions in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure until you map it to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure group.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation. A list of the federations in your tenancy is displayed.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Groups.

    The list of existing groups is displayed.

  4. Click Create IDCS Group.
  5. Enter the following:

    • Name: A unique name for the group. Avoid entering confidential information.
    • Description: A friendly description. You can change this later if you want to.
    • Users: Add Oracle Identity Cloud Service users to this group. You can add users when you create the group, or later. Select users from the list. To find a specific user, you can start typing the user name to filter the list as you type.
  6. Click Create.

After you create a group in Oracle Identity Cloud Service, you'll want to give the group permissions to user services:

To map an Oracle Identity Cloud Service group to an IAM group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Click Edit Mapping.

  4. In the Edit Identity Provider dialog, click + Add Mapping.
  5. Select the Identity Provider Group you want to map from the list. To find a group without scrolling through the list, you can start typing the group name to filter the list as you type.

  6. Select the OCI Group you want to map this Identity Cloud Service group to. To find a group without scrolling through the list, you can start typing the group name to filter the list as you type.
  7. To add more mappings, click + Add Mapping and continue adding the mappings.

  8. Select the group you want to map this group to from the list under OCI Mapped User Group.

Members of this group now have the permissions granted to the OCI Mapped User Group.

To add roles to a group

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services use polices to control access to services. However, some Oracle Cloud services use roles to manage access. This procedure describes how to add roles to an IDCS group.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation. A list of the identity providers in your tenancy is displayed.
  2. Click the Oracle Identity Cloud Service Console link.

    The Identity Cloud Service console is displayed.

  3. In the Identity Cloud Service console, expand the Navigation Drawer, and then click Applications.

    The list of applications is displayed. Notice that the service that the application corresponds to is displayed underneath the application name. For example, underneath the JAAS application entry, you'll see Oracle Java Cloud Service.

  4. Click the name of the service that you are interested in.

    The Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Application Roles.

    The roles are displayed.

  6. Click the menu for the role you want to assign and select Assign Groups.

  7. Select the group you want to assign to the role, and click OK.
  8. Click the Applications breadcrumb to return to the list of applications.
  9. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each role you want to assign to this group.
To remove roles from a group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation. A list of the identity providers in your tenancy is displayed.
  2. Click the Oracle Identity Cloud Console link.

    The Identity Cloud Service console is displayed.

  3. In the Identity Cloud Service console, expand the Navigation Drawer, and then click Applications.

    The list of applications is displayed. Notice that the service that the application corresponds to is displayed underneath the application name. For example, underneath the JAAS application entry, you'll see Oracle Java Cloud Service.

  4. Click the name of the service that you are interested in.

    The Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Application Roles.

    The roles are displayed.

  6. Click the menu for the role you want to remove from the group and select Revoke Groups.

  7. Select the group you want to remove the role from, and click OK.
  8. Click the Applications breadcrumb to return to the list of applications.
  9. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each role you want to remove from this group.
To edit details for an Oracle Identity Cloud Service group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Groups.

    The list of existing groups in the federation is displayed.

  4. Find the group you want to edit and click its name.

    The Group Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. You can update the Group Name or the Description. Avoid entering confidential information.

    Caution

    Changing the group name will break mappings to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) groups. If you change the group name, ensure that you delete any existing group mappings and add new mappings with the new name. See the previous task on editing mappings.

  7. Click Update to save your changes.
To add users to a group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Groups.

    The list of existing groups is displayed.

  4. Find the group you want add a user to.

    The User Group Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Add IDCS User.

  6. Select the user you want to add to this group from the Users list.
  7. Click Add.
To remove users from a group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Groups.

    The list of existing groups is displayed.

  4. Find the group you want to remove the user from.

    The list of users is displayed in the Group Details page.

  5. Find the user you want to remove, and then click the the Actions menu (Actions Menu).
  6. Click Remove User.

  7. Confirm when prompted.
To delete a group
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Groups.

    The list of existing groups is displayed.

  4. Find the group you want to edit and click its name.

    The Group Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Delete.

  6. Confirm when prompted.
Create a policy to grant the group permissions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources

The group you created in Oracle Identity Cloud Service gets permissions to access resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through the policy you assign to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure group. Before you complete this step, you need to decide what permissions you want to give your new group. For more information, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies.

Prerequisite: The group and compartment that you're writing the policy for must already exist.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Policies. A list of the policies in the compartment you're viewing is displayed.
  2. If you want to attach the policy to a compartment other than the one you're viewing, select the desired compartment from the list on the left. Where the policy is attached controls who can later modify or delete it (see Policy Attachment).
  3. Click Create Policy.
  4. Enter the following:
    • Name: A unique name for the policy. The name must be unique across all policies in your tenancy. You cannot change this later. Avoid entering confidential information.
    • Description: A friendly description. You can change this later if you want to.
    • Statement: A policy statement. For the correct format to use, see Policy Basics and also Policy Syntax. If you want to add more than one statement, click +.

      For example:

      To allow your group to manage all resources within a specified compartment enter a statement like the following:

      Allow group <OCI_group_name> to manage all-resources in compartment <compartment_name>

      For more policy examples, see Common Policies.

    • Tags: If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace. For more information about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you're not sure whether to apply tags, skip this option or ask an administrator. You can apply tags later.
  5. Click Create.

Managing Oracle Identity Cloud Service Users in the Console

After you add a user in Oracle Identity Cloud Service, a user is also automatically provisioned in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This provisioned user can have the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure credentials, such as API keys and auth tokens. To understand this provisioning, see User Provisioning for Federated Users.

To create a user
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Click Create IDCS User.
  4. In the Create IDCS User dialog enter the following:

    • User Name: Enter a unique name or email address for the new user. The value will be the user's login to the Console and must be unique across all other users in your tenancy.
    • Email: Enter an email address for this user. The initial sign-in credentials will be sent to this email address.
    • First Name: Enter the user's first name.
    • Last Name: Enter the user's last name.
    • Phone Number: Optionally, enter a phone number.
    • Groups: Optionally, select groups to add this user to.
  5. Click Create User.
Important

For the user to have permissions in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must assign the user to a group that is mapped to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure group. Or, if you are also creating a new group, you can perform this mapping later. The user will not be able to sign in to the Console until the mapping is accomplished.

The user creation process generates an email that is sent to the address provided that you entered. The email includes the new user's username and password to use with the Oracle Cloud InfrastructureConsole.

To add API keys, auth tokens, customer secret keys, or SMTP credentials for this user, see Managing User Capabilities for Federated Users.

To edit a user
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Users.

    The list of existing users is displayed.

  4. Find the user you want to edit and click its name.

    The User Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. Update the fields.
  7. Click Save when finished.
To reset a user's password
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Users.

    The list of existing user groups in the federation is displayed.

  4. Find the user you want to reset the password for and click the name.

    The User Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Reset Password.

    The user's password is reset. This user can't access their account until they complete the password reset steps.

  6. Click Email Password Instructions to send the password link and instructions to the user.

    The password link is good for 24 hours. If the user does not reset their password in time, you can generate a new password link by clicking Reset Password for the user again.

To add API keys, auth tokens, or other Oracle Cloud Infrastructure credentials
  1. View the user's details:

    • If you're adding credentials for yourself: Open the Profile menu and click User Settings, or your account name.
    • If you're an administrator adding credentials for another user: Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.

      Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.

      Find the user in the list and click the OCI Synched User link.

  2. Add the credentials for the user.

For more details about these credentials, see Managing User Credentials.

To delete a user
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.
  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Under Resources, click Users.

    The list of existing user groups in the federation is displayed.

  4. Find the user you want to delete and click the name.

    The User Details page is displayed.

  5. Click Delete.

Managing Group Mappings

To add group mappings for Oracle Identity Cloud Service
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.

    A list of the identity providers in your tenancy is displayed.

  2. Click your Oracle Identity Cloud Service federation. For most tenancies, the federation is named OracleIdentityCloudService. The identity provider details page is displayed.
  3. Click Edit Provider Details.
  4. Add at least one mapping:

    1. Click + Add Mapping.
    2. Select the Oracle Identity Cloud Service group from the list under Identity Provider Group.
    3. Choose the IAM group you want to map this group to from the list under OCI Group.

    4. Repeat the above sub-steps for each mapping you want to create, and then click Submit.

Your changes take effect typically within seconds in your home region. Wait several more minutes for changes to propagate to all regions.

Users that are members of the Oracle Identity Cloud Service groups mapped to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure groups are now listed in the Console on the Users page. See Managing User Capabilities for Federated Users for more information on assigning these users additional credentials.

To update or delete a group mapping
  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Federation.

    A list of the identity providers in your tenancy is displayed.

  2. Click the identity provider to view its details.
  3. Click Edit Mapping.
  4. Update the mappings (or click the X to delete a mapping), and then click Submit.

If this action results in federated users no longer having membership in any group that is mapped to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, the federated users' provisioned users' will also be removed from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Typically, this process takes several minutes.