Role Based Security

This article was updated to support v11.7.8 of Goliath Performance Monitor.

1. Open Goliath Performance Monitor, click ‘Settings’ in top right corner and then select ‘Security and User Accounts’
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2. Choose ‘New’ on the ‘Configure Security and User Account’ page
   
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3. To have users login with non-domain credentials, specify a username and password and the appropriate choices and rights they will have click save and then skip forward to step 8. 
   1. Allow Administration: Grants the user administrator privileges 
      1. Full Rights: Grants the user full administrative privileges
      2. Limited Rights: Restricts the user from configuring Security, database settings, and modifying SMTP parameters
      3. View Only: No administrative rights granted
   2. Allow Analysis: Grants the user rights to analysis features in the product
      1. Full Rights: Grants full analysis rights to view, edit and create graphs, reports and other analysis items
      2. View only: Restricts user from making modifications
   3. Allow Server/Device Maintenance: Grants the user rights to manage server and device schedules
      1. Full Rights: Grants full rights to view and edit maintenance schedules
      2. View Only: Restricts user from making modifications
   4. Allow Agent Install/Download: Grants the user rights to download and install an agent
   5. Restrict Access to Only These Groups: Restricts the user from viewing a particular inventory group 
   6. Restrict Access to Only These Servers/Devices: Restricts the user from viewing particular servers and or devices 
   7. Restrict Access to Only These Watches: Restricts the user from viewing particular monitoring rules and alerts
   8. Restrict Access to Only These Performance Graph Folders: Restricts the user from viewing particular Performance Graph metrics & dashboards
   9. Restrict Access to Only These Topology Sites: Restricts the user from viewing particular Citrix Topology sites 
4. To have users logon with domain credentials, select the check box for ‘Use Active Directory’ 
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5. Then select the“…” button to browse Active Directory
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6. Select the users you want to add to the product by selecting the check box for the AD group or a specific user within a group and click ok.
   1. Please note, nested groups is not supported. 
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7. Define the appropriate rights for the user and hit save.
   1. Repeat steps 2-7 to add in multiple users
8. When all the users have been added, check the box to enable security at the bottom 
   1. Please note, do not change the "Active Directory/LDAP Path" 
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9. Select ‘Apply’ and you have completed setting up Security for your Goliath Performance Monitor. Refresh the page to be prompted with the sign in page.