As a cloud administrator, you manage both projects and users. Projects are organizational units in the cloud to which you can assign users. Projects are also known as tenants or accounts.You can manage projects and users independently from each other. Users are members of one or more projects. During cloud set up, the operator defines at least one project, user, and role. The operator links the role to the user and the user to the project. Roles define the actions that users can perform. As an administrator, you can create additional projects and users as needed. Learn how to add, update, and delete projects and users, assign users to one or more projects, and change or remove the assignment. To enable or temporarily disable a project or user, update that project or user. You can also change quotas at the project level. For information, see . When you create a user account, you must assign the account to a primary project. Optionally, you can assign the account to additional projects. Before you can delete a user account, you must remove the user account from its primary project.

When you disable a project, it has the following consequences: In the dashboard, users can no longer access the project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list on the Project tab. Users who are members of only the disabled project can no longer log in. You cannot launch instances for a disabled project. Instances that are already running are not automatically terminated though—you must stop them manually. The data for a disabled project is maintained so that you can enable the project again at any time. When you disable a user account, the user can no longer log in, but the data for the user is maintained so that you can enable the user again at any time.

Log in to the OpenStack dashboard and choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Admin tab, click the Projects category. Click Create Project. On the Project Info tab in the Create Project window, enter a name and description for the project. By default, the project is enabled. See . On the Project Members tab, add members to the project. On the Quota tab, edit quota values. For information about quotas, see . Click Create Project. The Projects category shows the project, including its assigned ID.

You can update a project to change its name or description, and enable or temporarily disable it. On the Admin tab, click the Projects category. Select the project that you want to update. In the More drop-down list, click Edit Project. In the Edit Project window, you can update a project to change its name or description, and enable or temporarily disable it. By default, the project is enabled. To temporarily disable it, clear the Enabled check box. To enable a disabled project, select the Enabled check box. Click Save.

When you create users, you must assign them to a primary project as described in . You can assign users to additional projects or update and remove assignments. On the Admin tab, select the Projects category. Select a project to modify its user assignments. Select Modify Users. The Edit Project window shows the following lists of users: All Users. Users that are available to be assigned to the current project. Project Members. Users that are assigned to the current project, To assign a user to the current project, click + for the user. The user moves from the All Users list to the Project Members list. To remove a user from the current project, click the - button for the user. The user moves from the Project Members list to the All Users list. Click Save.

On the Admin tab, click the Projects category. Select the projects that you want to delete. Click Delete Projects to confirm the deletion. You cannot undo the delete action.

Log in to the OpenStack dashboard and choose the admin project from the CURRENT PROJECT drop-down list. On the Admin tab, select the Users category. Click Create User. In the Create User window, enter a user name, email, and preliminary password for the user. Confirm the password. Select a project from the Primary Project drop-down list. Choose a role for the user from the Role drop-down list. Default is Member. Click Create User to confirm your changes. Respond to the prompt to remember the password for the user. The dashboard assigns an ID to the user, and the user appears in the Users category.

On the Admin tab, select the Users category. Select the user that you want to disable or enable. You can disable or enable only one user at a time. In the Actions drop-down list, select Disable User or Enable User. In the Enabled column, the enabled value updates to either True or False.

On the Admin tab, select the Users category. Select the users that you want to delete. Click Delete Users. In the Confirm Delete Users window, click Delete Users to confirm the deletion.