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Administering AppScan® Source
This section explains user management, permissions, application and project registration, and port configuration.
Creating AppScan® Source users
Typically, administrators will have users log in to AppScan® Source products with their AppScan Enterprise Server credentials. However, if there is cause for having AppScan Source users that do not exist in the AppScan Enterprise Server, administrators can create local AppScan Source users, according to the instructions in this topic.

Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
- Administering AppScan® Source
  This section explains user management, permissions, application and project registration, and port configuration.
  - User accounts and permissions
    Before AppScan® Source users can begin to scan or triage results, an administrator must create user accounts and assign permissions to the accounts.
  - Using AppScan® Source for Analysis in standalone mode
    You can use AppScan® Source for Analysis while not connected to an AppScan Enterprise or the AppScan Database Service. However, you will be unable to share scans or assessments with other AppScan Source clients.
  - Creating AppScan® Source users
    Typically, administrators will have users log in to AppScan® Source products with their AppScan Enterprise Server credentials. However, if there is cause for having AppScan Source users that do not exist in the AppScan Enterprise Server, administrators can create local AppScan Source users, according to the instructions in this topic.
    - AppScan® Enterprise Server authentication: Migration considerations for replacement of the IBM® Rational® Jazz™ user authentication component with IBM® WebSphere® Liberty
      This topic describes user management-related migration considerations that you may need to consider if you are upgrading from a previous version of AppScan® Enterprise Server.
    - Configuring automatic login of AppScan® Enterprise Server users
      By default, AppScan® Enterprise Server users can log in to AppScan Source and automatically be added to the AppScan Source Database (these users will be listed as AppScan Enterprise Server users). This feature can be configured in the AppScan Source for Analysis user interface according to the instructions in this topic.
    - Creating local product administrator users in AppScan® Enterprise Server Liberty
      As of AppScan® Enterprise Server Version 9.0.1, you have the ability to create a local product administrator user in AppScan Enterprise Server Liberty in order to administer AppScan Source. After the user is created, the AppScan Source Database must be registered with AppScan Enterprise Server using the administrator credentials.
    - Creating a user account for the Automation Server
      A user account is required for Automation Server use. This user account must be registered with the Automation Server during installation or by command line post-installation. A corresponding AppScan® Source user account must also then be created manually post-installation with AppScan Source for Analysis or the AppScan Source command line interface (CLI). This topic describes creating this account using AppScan Source for Analysis.
- Auditing user activity
  AppScan® Source offers a convenient location for auditing user activity. The Audit view logs events such as authentication to the AppScan Enterprise Server, the creation of new users, and the creation of new rules in the database.
- Logging in to AppScan® Enterprise Server from AppScan® Source products
  Most AppScan® Source products and components require a connection to an AppScan Enterprise Server. The server provides centralized user management capabilities and a mechanism for sharing assessments. All user management occurs in AppScan Enterprise.
- LDAP integration
  To add an AppScan® Source user that will be authenticated via LDAP, you must have configured the AppScan Enterprise Server user repository to use an LDAP repository.
- Registering applications and projects for publishing to AppScan® Source
- AppScan® Source application and project files
  AppScan® Source applications and projects have corresponding files that maintain configuration information required for scanning, as well as triage customization. It is recommended that these files reside in the same directory as the source code, since configuration information (dependencies, compiler options, and so forth) required to build the projects is very similar to that required for AppScan Source to scan them successfully. Best practice includes managing these files with your source control system.
- Port configuration

Creating AppScan® Source users

Typically, administrators will have users log in to AppScan® Source products with their AppScan® Enterprise Server credentials. However, if there is cause for having AppScan® Source users that do not exist in the AppScan® Enterprise Server, administrators can create local AppScan® Source users, according to the instructions in this topic.

About this task

Important: This topic applies only if you have upgraded to AppScan® Source version 10.0.2 or higher from a 10.0.1 or earlier version of the product. New installations of AppScan® Source version 10.0.2 do not have this functionality; all user administration of new AppScan® Source installations occurs in AppScan® Enterprise.

Users can be created in the AppScan® Source for Analysis user interface or in the CLI. From the AppScan® Source for Analysis user interface, you can also set automatic login for AppScan® Enterprise Server users (see Configuring automatic login of AppScan Enterprise Server users).

To create users in the AppScan® Source for Analysis user interface, follow these steps:

Procedure

Select Admin > Manage Users from the main workbench menu.
The Manage Users dialog box lists existing AppScan® Source users. Those located in the AppScan Enterprise Server user repository exist locally in the AppScan® Source Database and on the AppScan® Enterprise Server. Those located in the AppScan Source repository exist only in the AppScan® Source Database. When you create a new user from this dialog box, it is created only in the AppScan® Source Database.
Click Add User to open the Add User dialog box.
Type a User ID and then enter a password for the user (twice for confirmation - between 6 and 16 characters). These are required fields. You can also optionally add a user Name (255 characters maximum).
Expand the Permissions tree and select the check boxes that identify the user's permissions.
Click OK to create the user.

Results

Using the settings described in this topic, you can also edit users by selecting the user in the Manage Users dialog box and clicking Edit User. Similarly, you can remove a user by selecting it and clicking Delete User.

Note: When you edit AppScan® Enterprise Server users from AppScan® Source for Analysis, you can only modify their AppScan® Source permissions (provided you have Manage AppScan Enterprise Settings permissions).