You can also register new accounts directly from the SigningHub Admin interface. The respective users can be configured to receive account activation emails, through which they can activate their accounts.


Create a new account

  1. Click the "Accounts" option from the left menu.
  2. The "Accounts" screen will appear.
  3. Click  from the grid header. 
     
  4. The "Create Account" screen will appear. A dialog will appear to configure the account details. The account dialog is comprised of two screens, i.e. Basic Information and Service Plan. Specify the basic information and click the "Next" button to provide further. Click the "Create" button. See the below table for fields description. A new account will be created and shown in the accounts list.

 


Basic Information

Fields

Description

Name

Specify the name of new account owner.

Email

Specify a unique email ID for this account.   

Common Name

This field is used for the certificate name that is issued against each registered user. The issued certificate identifies the user and their enterprise. 
The Common Name field is auto filled as per the account owner name, but you can change it as required.

Mobile Number

Specify the mobile number of this account owner along with the respective country and area codes.

Job Title

Specify the job title of this account owner.

Company Name

Specify the company name of this account owner.

Language

Specify the language (i.e. English) of this account owner. This field is controllable from Global Settings > Default Locale, see details.

Country

Specify the country (i.e. United Kingdom) of this account owner. This field is controllable from Global Settings > Default Locale, see details.

Service Plan

Select a service plan from the list for this account.

Enterprise Name

In case the (above) selected service plan is for an enterprise registration, then this field is appeared. Specify the name of enterprise.

Certificate

In case the user has got the signing keys ownership (i.e. "Protect server-side signing keys with user password" option is enabled) in the (above) selected service plan, then this field is appeared. There can be two options, i.e. 

  • The "Generate certificate" option is recommended, when a new certificate is required for this account. In this case, SigningHub will generate a new certificate upon account activation. 
  • The "Use existing certificate" option is recommended, when this account is required to use an existing certificate from the database. In this case, you will need to provide respective Certificate Alias name, Password, Security Question, and Security Answer of the user certificate in the next appearing fields.

Send Email

Specify when should SigningHub send the notification email to the newly registered user, i.e.:

  • None: select this option when you want the user to be auto activated without receiving any email. As a result, four fields will appear, i.e. Password, Confirm Password, Security Question, and Security Answer. Fill in these fields with the respective information. The specified password should comply with the system password policy. 
  • Send Registration Email: select this option when you want the user to be auto activated without receiving the activation email. As a result, four fields will appear, i.e. Password, Confirm Password, Security Question, and Security Answer. Fill in these fields with the respective information. The specified password should comply with the system password policy. 
    Only the registration email will be sent (to the user) that contains the information like admin name who has registered the user, and the enterprise name in which the user has been registered. This option is recommended when the user needs to use an external IDP (i.e. Active Directory, Salesforce, Linked-in, etc) for system authentication.
  • Send Activation Email: this option will only appear if the user has got the signing keys ownership (i.e. "Protect server-side signing keys with user password" option is enabled) in the (above) selected service plan. Select this option when you want the user to receive the activation email and activate their account through it. This option is recommended when the user needs to use the  SigningHub ID for system authentication.


  1. RA Signing Id filed will be shown only if "Remote Authorisation" will be enabled in user's Service Plan.
  2. CSP Signing Id filed will be shown only if "Protect Server-side signing keys with user password"and "Push Newly Created Certificated to ADSS CSP" will be enabled in user's Service Plan.

 
Account registration and activation without email

You can also auto activate a user account from here (i.e. SigningHub Admin interface) without sending them the activation email. This is useful for those clients who don't want to receive activation emails, or don't intent to configure SMTP servers in their on-premises deployments.

However it is applicable against those service plans only, in which user has got the signing keys ownership i.e. the "Protect server-side signing keys with user password" option has been enabled.


To configure this: 

  1. While creating a new account, specify all the relevant details and click "Next".
  2. Select the "None" option from the "Send Email" field. 

     

  3. Consequently, four fields will appear, i.e. Password, Confirm Password, Security Question, and Security Answer. Fill in these fields with the respective information. The specified password should comply with the system password policy.
    All the fields are mandatory, so you cant leave any of these fields blank. 
  4. Click the "Create" button.
  1. ​A new enterprise account is always created with two roles, i.e. Enterprise Admin and Enterprise Users. SigningHub assigns the "Enterprise Admin" role to the account owner, and the "Enterprise Users" role to all other users, for which role has not been specified. 
  2. The user name and their certificate name can be the same or different as required.
  3. SigningHub does not allow its users to set as password, the following:
    • Their user account (i.e. Email Address)
    • The last used password
    • Their full user name


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