Take the following steps to set up a multitenant environment with tenant-level administration using the Web UI.

  1. Create tenants.
    1. Navigate to the Manage Tenants view by clicking the manage tenants icon .
    2. Click + New Tenant.
    3. Under the General tab, enter a name and description for the tenant.
    4. Under the Roles tab, select any roles that you created in the system tenant that you want to import to the new tenant.
    5. Under the Limits tab, specify any limits that you want to set for the tenant. These limits will override limits at the system level.
    6. Click Save.
  2. Create administrator roles.
    1. Navigate to the Manage Roles view by clicking the manage roles icon .
    2. For Tenant, select the child tenant for which you want to create the new administrator role.
    3. Click + New Role.
    4. Provide a name and description for the role.
    5. Select permissions to define the role.
    6. Click Save.
  3. Create administrator users.
    1. Navigate to the Manage Users view by clicking the manage users icon .
    2. For Tenant, select the child tenant for which you want to create the new administrator user.
    3. Click + New User.
    4. Define the user with settings under each of the following tabs.
      • Under the General tab, enter a user name and assign the role you have created for the user.
      • Under the Authentication Setup tab, configure authentication settings.
      • Under the Limits tab, configure limits as desired. Note that user limits override system limits.
      • Under the Tenant Admin Access tab, grant the user administrative access to the child tenant.
    5. Click Save.
  4. Set system configurations. These configurations apply to all tenants across the system.
    1. Navigate to the System Configurations view by clicking the system configurations icon .
    2. Configure options as desired. See System Configurations view for option descriptions.
    3. Click Save.
  5. Set system limits.
    1. Navigate to the Manage Limits view by clicking the manage limits icon .
    2. For Tenant, select System from the dropdown.
    3. Set limits as desired. Limits set on tenants will override limits set at the system level.
    4. Click Save.

Results:

You have created child tenants in the system tenant. In addition, you have created tenant administrators who reside in the child tenants. These administrators can perform administrative tasks, based on the permissions associated with their roles, in the tenants to which they belong and have administrative access. System configurations and limits have been set as well.