Adding IAM users

FortiManager Cloud supports FortiCloud Identity and Access Management (IAM). You can use the FortiCloud portal to manage users, authentication credentials, and access permissions for FortiManager Cloud.

To add an IAM user:

1. Go to FortiCloud (https://support.fortinet.com/), and log in.
2. From the Services menu, select IAM (Beta).

   

   The IAM portal is displayed.

   

3. Add a new user.
   1. Click Add IAM User. The Add IAM User > Add User pane is displayed.

      

   2. Complete the options, and click Next. The Add IAM User > User Permissions pane is displayed.
   3. Leave the defaults, and click Next. The settings will be automatically populated after we create an IAM user group and add the user to the group. The Add IAM User > Confirmation pane is displayed.
   4. Click Confirm. The user is added, and the Add IAM User > Complete pane is displayed.
4. Add an IAM user group, and add the user to it.
   1. Go to IAM User Groups, and click Add IAM User Group. The 1. IAM User Group Information pane is displayed.

      

   2. Complete the options, and click Next. The 2. IAM User Group Permissions pane is displayed.

      

   3. In the Cloud Management Service table, click + to display the list of services.
   4. Select FortiManager Cloud, and click Add. FortiManager Cloud is added to the list.
   5. Click the pencil icon beside FortiManager Cloud to open it for editing. The Allow Portal Access dialog box is displayed.

      

   6. Click NO to toggle it to YES, select Custom, and click Confirm.

      

   7. In the Portals list, set the permissions for each portal that you want to include in the group, and click Next. The 3. Add IAM Users pane is displayed.
   8. Click Add User, select one or more users, and click Add. The user is added to the group.
   9. Click Next. The 4. Confirmation pane is displayed.
   10. Click Confirm. The user group is created.
5. Generate an IAM user login password.
   1. Go to IAM Users, and click the full name of the user. The User Profile tab is displayed.
   2. Go to the Security Credentials tab, and click Generate Password.

      

      The Generate Password dialog box is displayed.

   3. Click Proceed. A file of credentials in csv format is generated and downloaded to your computer.
   4. Open the csv file to view the credentials for the IAM user.

      

   5. Share the credentials with the IAM user.
6. The IAM user can use the credentials to log in to FortiCloud.

   

   After logging in to FortiCloud, the IAM user has access to FortiManager Cloud & Service portal.

7. Enter the FortiManager Cloud instance, and go to System Settings > Administrators to view the IAM user.