User Accounts

User accounts are managed from the 'Users' tab of the 'Settings' page.

Add a user

Clicking the 'Add user' button will result in a form to be displayed:

Fill in the fields and hit 'Add user' when done.

An administrator can manage all aspects of MAAS, whereas a non-administrator user can perform a subset of tasks on machines they acquire and deploy. A non-admin user is also limited in the details they can view, such as nodes allocated to other users, and they have no access to the global settings page in the web UI nor any of the equivalent API calls from the command line.

User preferences

Clicking the MAAS username in the top right corner will show that user's preferences.

SSH keys

Before a user can deploy a machine they must import at least one public SSH key into MAAS. This is so the deployed machine can be accessed. Obviously the user will need to be in possession of the corresponding private key. See Public key authentication (ssh.com) if you're not familiar with SSH keys.

To add a locally generated public key, select 'Upload' from the 'Source' menu and paste the complete contents of your key file, usually called id_rsa.pub, into the 'Public key' field. Click 'Import' to add the key to MAAS.

Public keys residing on either Launchpad or GitHub can also be added. Select either from the 'Source' menu and specify the user ID associated with the key(s). Press the 'Import' button to add any keys MAAS discovers to the current user's MAAS account.

API key

The user preferences page includes an API key for the currently active user. This can be copied and regenerated as needed. The API key is used to log in to the API from the MAAS CLI. Other services connecting to MAAS such as Juju will also need this key.

Change password

The password for the current user can be changed at the bottom of the page by entering the old password and entering the new password (twice). Click 'Save password' to finish.