Change the Default Administrator to a SAML User - Administrator Guide - EoL - 6.5 - Cortex XSOAR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XSOAR Administrator Guide
Product
Cortex XSOAR
Version
6.5
Creation date
2022-09-28
Last date published
2024-07-16
Category
Administrator Guide
End of Life > EoL

Cortex XSOAR comes out-of-the-box with an administrator user (username: “admin”) configured as a Default Administrator. You can disable this user and use instead a SAML authenticated user as the default administrator.

  1. Add a SAML user as the default administrator.

    1. Log into Cortex XSOAR as the Default Admin user.

    2. Navigate to Settings+USERS AND ROLES+Users and select a SAML user.

    3. Click Roles.

    4. Select Set as Default Admin.

    5. Click Save.

    6. Log out.

  2. Log in as SAML user you set as default administrator in Step 1 and do the following:

    1. Navigate to Settings+USERS AND ROLES+Users and select the admin user.

    2. Click Roles.

    3. Uncheck the Set as Default Admin and click Save.

    4. Select admin again and click Disable.

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