By default there is only 1 user created during the installation process of BVQ (default name: bvq, role:admin). You can modify the user & password in the repository installer within the DB access screen.

This user afterwards is used to connect to the Web UI with a web browser

Please use a supported browser to connect to the Web UI (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge) - Internet Explorer is NOT supported!

Available roles within the Web UI

There are different roles available in the Web UI

Administrator	Alert rule administrator	Alert rule viewer	Application	Report creator
Log in to the web application Access the REST api Create, update and delete report templates Generate reports from templates Schedule a report for periodic creation View generated reports View scanners and their configurations Edit scanners and their configurations Create, update or delete users Change your own password View server logs View scheduler information Edit scheduler configuration View server statistics View application caches Clear application caches View database connection details Perform maintenance on BVQ installation Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints Upload scan-artifacts Read scanner-configurations View alert overview and rules Edit alert rules Change alert notification configurations	Log in to the web application Change your own password View alert overview and rules Edit alert rules Change alert notification configurations	Log in to the web application Change your own password View alert overview and rules	Access the REST api Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints Upload scan-artifacts Read scanner-configurations	Log in to the web application Access the REST api Generate reports from templates Schedule a report for periodic creation View generated reports Change your own password Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints

Report designer	Report viewer	Scanner administrator	Scanner viewer	User
Log in to the web application Access the REST api Create, update and delete report templates Generate reports from templates Schedule a report for periodic creation View generated reports Change your own password Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints	Log in to the web application Access the REST api View generated reports Change your own password Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints	Log in to the web application View scanners and their configurations Edit scanners and their configurations Change your own password	Log in to the web application View scanners and their configurations Change your own password	Log in to the web application Access the REST api Generate reports from templates Schedule a report for periodic creation View generated reports View scanners and their configurations Change your own password View server statistics View application caches Access Grafana endpoints Access Excel endpoints

Connect to the Web UI

Connect to the Web UI with a supported web browser. To connect to the Web UI locally on the BVQ Server use http://localhost. On remote web browser use http://ip_address_of_BVQ_server or http://full_qualified_dns_name_of_BVQ_server

Type in your user name (default: bvq) and password set up during the installation process.
If the login is successful, you will be forwarded to the welcome screen

Change the password of an existing user

Connect to the Web UI (see Connect to the Web UI)
Navigate to the Users section to get an overview of the existing users
As long as you are logged in with an user having admin privileges, you can click Edit for the corresponding user you want to change the password for

Select Change password checkbox and type in the new password in the Password and Repeat password field
Leave Roles unchanged
Click Save on the bottom of the window to change the password

Create a user

Connect to the Web UI (see Connect to the Web UI)
Navigate to the Users section to get an overview of the existing users
Click Create new user to create a new user
Type in Username, Password & Repeat password, select correponding Role afterwards (see Available roles within the Web UI) & click Save to create a new user
After creation the new user is visible in the Users section

Remove a user

Connect to the Web UI (see Connect to the Web UI)
Navigate to the Users section to get an overview of the existing users
Click Delete for the user you want to remove

Confirm deletion by clicking Yes, delete it!
After confirmation, the user is deleted

Web UI users

Available roles within the Web UI

Connect to the Web UI

Change the password of an existing user

Create a user

Remove a user