Manage Users
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Register a New API User
Developers need to register with the portal to access API Products and manage their applications. This section outlines how developers can register with the portal, access API Products, and reset their passwords if needed.
There are two ways for registering a new account
- Self signup via the form.
- Receive an invitation from the portal admin.
Here you’ll learn about how to add and invite a new external user to the developer portal.
Prerequisites
- A Tyk portal installation
- Log in to the portal admin app
Self Registration/Signup
To use the self sign up flow, you’ll need to:
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Access the Portal and click REGISTER.
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Complete the Create an Account form.
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Click Register to developer portal.
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If the portal allows signup without approval, you’ll get a message that allows you to log in straight away.
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If the portal requires an admin to approve a registration request, after submitting the Create an Account form, you will get the following message.
Invite a New User
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From the API Consumers > Users menu Click Add new user.
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In the Add user dialog, enter First and Last names, and Email.
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Select an organization to which to register your user.
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You can also set a password for a user by typing it in the Set password field. Check the User must change password at the next login if you wish your developer to change their password at next login.
Please note, that you can either send the invite email or set the password yourself, but you cannot use both methods.
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Click Save to add your user.
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To generate the invite email, click More Options in the Overview section and then Send invite.
The user will receive an email with a link to the registration form. This option is only available if you didn’t set the password before. To customize the invite email, please refer to the Email customization section for guidance.
Approve Self Registering Requests
Manual Approval
This section explains how to approve/reject external users self-registering requests to the developer portal. Follow the step-by-step guide.
Prerequisites
A Tyk Enterprise portal installation
Step by step instructions
- Click Users from the API Consumers menu
- When a new user has self-registered to access the developer portal, their user profile will be added to the overview in the Users section.
- To approve a user, click on an inactive user. Select Activate developer from the dialog.
Automatically Approve User Registrations
If you want all Users to be automatically approved this setting can be changed under Settings > General. Select Auto approve developer regestering requests.