L I C E N S I N G
User Hierarchies in the License Portal
The last issue of our KEYnote magazine explained how the License Portal can integrate the automatic creation of CmCloud- Containers . We are now following this up with a look at different user levels . The License Portal could distinguish between lecturers and students at a university , between admins and regular users in a corporate setting , or between resellers and customers . These License Portal capabilities include the allocation of custom rights .
Hierarchical Structure The users are arranged in a hierarchy , not limited to the two levels of the above example . This can go up to a wide chain of levels , such as resellers , client admins , and client users .
Groups The individual levels are defined as groups . De- pending on the user interface of the Portal , the displayed terminology can vary : One Portal might call them clients , another employees , and a third could call them students . The top-level groups in the hierarchy can only be created by a special user with “ isvadmin ” rights . Each group can have additional subgroups , which can be formed by any user with the “ admin ” rights in that group . There is no limit to the number of subgroups in a group , but every group has exactly one higher-up ( parent ) group or , in the case of top-level groups , none at all .
Users – ISV Admin “ In the beginning , there was ISV admin .” The initial user of the License Portal is created during
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