Limit users access to portal

[Bruce.Wilson]

Hello,
I have just installed the trial copy of Valence and am wondering how to only allow certain IBMi users to access the Valence portal. Seems like anyone with a valid IBMi userid and password could also use the portal. Is there a setting that I could use to only allow the users I choose to have access to the portal?
Thanks,
Bruce

[robert.swanson]

Hello,

The default setting for Valence is to allow any enabled IBM i user to log in, regardless of whether they're set up in Portal Admin > Users. This is controlled in Portal Admin > Settings > Login Method > Default user template. If this field has a Valence user specified (default is VVADMIN), then whenever an IBM i user not already set up with a Valence profile attempts to log in, Valence will auto-create a profile for them based on this specified template user.

Typically sites will set this default user template to a low-authority Valence profile with access to only basic inquiry options (e.g., via a "General" group profile set up in Portal Admin > Groups). Users can then request they be granted more authority as appropriate.

So to prevent IBM i users from logging into Valence whatsoever until you've explicitly set them up with a Valence profile, you can simply blank out this template setting.

[Bruce.Wilson]

Thanks, that worked for me.