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About User Accounts#

This topic explains how user accounts work in TheHive.

License

Your TheHive license defines how many user accounts you can create.

Count toward the limit:

  • Unlocked user accounts of type Normal with at least one licensed permission

Don't count:

  • Service user accounts
  • Normal user accounts with no licensed permissions, for example profiles such as Read-Only or Admin

Types#

5.0

TheHive supports two types of user accounts:

  • Normal accounts: Intended for users who access TheHive through the web interface. Normal accounts support all authentication methods. These accounts can also generate API keys if enabled.

  • Service accounts: Designed for programmatic access to TheHive via the API. Service accounts authenticate exclusively using an API key and can't sign in to the web interface.

Organizations#

Each user account belongs to one or more organizations. If a user is linked to multiple organizations, they can switch between them at any time.

Profiles#

Each user account is assigned a profile. Profiles define the set of permissions available to the user.

Permissions#

Required permissions

Only users with an admin-type profile that has the manageUser permission can manage user accounts at the client level in TheHive.

Required permissions

Only users with the manageUser permission can manage user accounts at the organization level in TheHive.

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