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15.6. Adding a Crowd Role to a Nexus User

15.6. Adding a Crowd Role to a Nexus User

To illustrate this feature, consider the crowd-manager user with an id of "brian". This user's groups are shown in Figure 15.15, “Crowd Groups for User "brian"”.

Crowd Groups for User "brian"

Figure 15.15. Crowd Groups for User "brian"


To add an external user role mapping, open up the Users panel by clicking on Users in the Security section of the Nexus panel. Click on the Add... button and select External User Role Mapping from the drop-down as shown in Figure 15.16, “Adding an External User Role Mapping”.

Adding an External User Role Mapping

Figure 15.16. Adding an External User Role Mapping


Selecting External User Role Mapping will show the dialog shown in Figure 15.17, “Locating a Crowd User in the User Role Mapping Dialog”.

Locating a Crowd User in the User Role Mapping Dialog

Figure 15.17. Locating a Crowd User in the User Role Mapping Dialog


Once you locate the Crowd user that you want to add a Nexus Role to... You can use the configuration panel shown in Figure 15.18, “Adding a Nexus Role to a Crowd User”, to add a Role to the Crowd-managed "brian" user.

Adding a Nexus Role to a Crowd User

Figure 15.18. Adding a Nexus Role to a Crowd User


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