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6.2. Creating Management Users

The JBoss ON agents connect to the EAP 6 server as a management user. This enables JBoss ON to perform tasks like changing the configuration or starting and stopping resources.

6.2.1. Creating a Management User Through JBoss ON

The operation to install a user creates the rhqadmin user in the ManagementRealm for the EAP 6 server.

Note

The user is created in the secure management realm. If the EAP 6 server is running in unsecure mode, then the install RHQ user operation fails because JBoss ON cannot connect to the management realm.
EAP 6 servers are secured by default.
  1. Click the Inventory tab in the top menu.
  2. Select Servers - Top Level Imports in the Resources menu table on the left. Select the JBoss EAP 6 server, either the standalone server or the domain controller.
  3. In the inventory tree, select the top resource entry for the server.
  4. Open the Operations tab.
  5. Click the New button at the bottom of the page.
  6. Select the Install RHQ User option from the drop-down menu.
  7. Click the Schedule button.

6.2.2. Creating a Management User in EAP 6

  1. Run the add-user utility to create the user. 
    [root@server ~]# cd /opt/jboss-eap-6.0

[root@server bin]# ./add-user.sh
What type of user do you wish to add?
 a) Management User (mgmt-users.properties)
 b) Application User (application-users.properties)
(a): a

Enter the details of the new user to add.
Realm (ManagementRealm) :
Username : jonadmin
Password :
Re-enter Password :
About to add user 'jonadmin' for realm 'ManagementRealm'
Is this correct yes/no? yes
  2. Set that user in the connection settings for the EAP 6 server resource in JBoss ON.
    1. Click the Inventory tab in the top menu.
    2. Select Servers - Top Level Imports in the Resources menu table on the left. Select the JBoss EAP 6 server, either the standalone server or the domain controller.
    3. In the inventory tree, select the top resource entry for the server.
    4. Open the Inventory tab.
    5. Select the Connection Settings subtab.
    6. Fill in the username and password for the management user that was created in EAP 6.
    7. Click the Save button at the top of the page.