Standard roles and bootstrap users in Identity Manager

This article includes updates for Smart ID 23.04.

This article describes the standard roles and bootstrap users that are available in the base configuration package of Smart ID Identity Manager.

Standard roles

The standard package of Identity Manager provides a set of predefined standard roles that can be used as is or adapted to your requirements. This table lists the standard roles and what rights they have in Identity Manager Admin and Identity Manager Operator respectively.

Role	Description	Rights	Technical reference
Bootstrap administrator	Does the initial configuration of Identity Manager.	Identity Manager Admin: All Identity Manager: Admin	BaseRoleBootstrapAdmin
Policy administrator	A user in Identity Manager.	Identity Manager Admin: All Identity Manager: No	BaseRolePolicyAdmin
Service administrator	Makes configurations in Identity Manager, such as: Start, restart and stop services Create tenant Configure connector Audit the system log and the process lists Kill processes	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Admin	BaseRoleServiceAdmin
Registration officer	Manages “target” users and identities, who are targets (or objects) of credential management actions.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: All	BaseRoleRegistrationOfficer
Approver	Approves card production.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Open Tasks	BaseRoleOfficer
Card production administrator	Produces cards Repeats production	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search, Batch Orders	BaseRoleProductionAdmin
Issuing authority	Activates and issues card to requester/user.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search	BaseRoleIssuingAuthority
User administrator	Manages users and identities Assigns and de-assigns roles to users	Identity Manager Admin: Roles, User Administration Identity Manager: Search	BaseRoleUserAdmin
Helpdesk	Resets passwords Activates and reactivates Identity Manager users	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: Search, Open Tasks	BaseRoleHelpdeskOfficer
Self-service user	Registers and deregisters herself in the system Registers security password Resets her own password Changes pin Unblocks pin Renews her own card Locks her own card	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleSelfServiceUser
Self-service visitor	Accepts or denies meeting invitation Invites further participant to an existing meeting	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleSelfServiceVisitor
Batch sync	A role used for automatic batch synchronization of identities with external sources such as Active Directory. This role can not be assigned to persons, but only used for this purpose. For the batch synchronization to work, the following entry must be set in the system.properties file of the Identity Manager main client: batchSync.permissionRole=BaseRoleBatchSync	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleBatchSync
Pre-login user	This role has the permission to execute a process before login, for example, to reset a password.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRolePreloginUser
Data administrator	Creates and manages variables for two data pools in Identity Manager Identifier: to set identifiers like “driving license”. Reasons: to set reasons for use cases like “lock a card object”, “replace card object”.	Identity Manager Admin: No Identity Manager: No	BaseRoleDataAdministrator

Bootstrap users

The following bootstrap users are defined in Identity Manager, to quickly get started. These must be removed after setting up the system.

Username	Role	Password
admin	BaseRoleBootstrapAdmin	admin
approver	BaseRoleOfficer ScmRoleApproverOfficer	approver
consultant	BaseRolePolicyAdmin	consultant
helpdesk	BaseRoleHelpDeskOfficer	helpdesk
requester	BaseRoleRegistrationOfficer BaseRoleProductionAdmin BaseRoleIssuingAuthority ScmRoleServerRegistrationOfficer ScmRoleServerAdministrator	requester
service	BaseRoleServiceAdmin	service
useradmin	BaseRoleUserAdmin	useradmin