Managing Realms

This topic describes how you can create realms, set a realm as the active realm of Report Server, and manage the users, groups, and roles in a realm.

Note icon You need to be an administrator to perform realm management tasks.

To manage realms, on the system toolbar of the Server Console, navigate to Administration > Security > Realm to go to the Realm page.

Security - Realm page

This topic contains the following sections:

Creating a New Realm
Activating a Realm
Managing the Users, Groups, and Roles in an Inactive Realm
Deleting a Realm

Creating a New Realm

Select New Realm on the task bar. Server displays the New Realm dialog box.
In the Realm Name text box, type a name for the realm.
Select Basic Authentication to encrypt passwords using the SHA-384 algorithm.
Or, select Digest Authentication if you are using a Server version earlier than v18.3.
Select OK to create the realm.

Server adds the new realm in the realm table, which contains the following columns:

Column Name	Description
Name	Names of the existing realms.
State	States of the existing realms: Active Realm or Selected Realm, or none. If a realm is both active and selected, Server marks it as Active Realm. A Selected Realm is the current editing realm in the Security page.
Control	You can control the realms using the following options: Select Select to set a realm to be the current editing realm. Delete Select to delete a realm.

When you created a new realm, Server assigns it with built-in users, groups, and the default resource tree. Remember to activate the correct realm before allowing clients to visit.

Activating a Realm

You need to activate a realm before the client users can access the resources, users, groups, and roles in it. You can set only one active realm at any time.

On the system toolbar of the Server Console, navigate to Administration > Configuration > Service.
Select the realm you want to activate from the Active Realm drop-down list.
Select Save to apply the change.
Restart Server so that the change can take effect.

Managing the Users, Groups, and Roles in an Inactive Realm

Users, groups, and roles are only available when the realm they belong to is active. However, you can still manage the users, groups, and roles in an inactive realm. To do this:

In the realm table, select Select in the Control column to select the realm you want to manage.
Navigate to Administration > Security and then select User, Group, or Role to display the corresponding page.
Manage the users, groups, and roles in the selected realm.

Deleting a Realm

If you no longer need a realm, you can delete it by selecting Delete in the Control column of the realm table.

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