What is local user management?

Introduction

An NSP system configured to use OAUTH2 user authentication supports locally defined users for NSP access. If the NSP is integrated with NFM-P, you can also import the NFM-P users to the NSP local user database. Remote authentication agents are also supported.

If the NSP uses CAS authentication, local user creation is not supported. The NSP in CAS mode does support remote user authentication, and if integrated with NFM-P, can use the NFM-P as an authentication source.

The Users and Security GUI lists all local and remote NSP users; the displayed information that includes account information, the authentication source (NSP or remote), plus user creation and last login date and time.

The NSP authentication mode, OAUTH2 or CAS, is specified at the time of NSP software installation or upgrade.

When migrating from an NSP + NFM-P deployment with CAS authentication to an integrated deployment with OAUTH2 authentication, the NFM-P users must be imported into NSP. NSP with OAUTH2 authentication will not defer authentication to NFM-P.

Local user accounts can be used for machine-to-machine interaction, rather than creating user accounts in your corporate user database. They also provide a backup mechanism for cases where NSP cannot communicate with the corporate user database.