Automatic registration of enterprise accounts

Note:

This topic only applies to 10.2.1 and later versions.

You can configure your portal to register ArcGIS organizational accounts automatically for enterprise users the first time they access the portal, or you can block automatic account registration.

If automatic account creation is turned off, enterprise users can still access the portal, and they will have the same privileges as a user who does not have an ArcGIS organizational account. If you want them to have more privileges, you must add them as members to your portal.

By default, new installations of Portal for ArcGIS do not allow automatic account registration. However, if you upgraded from Portal for ArcGIS 10.2, accounts are automatically registered for enterprise logins by default.

Automatically adding enterprise accounts to your portal can result in a rapid increase of ArcGIS organizational accounts in your portal. Refer to the organization page of the portal website to monitor the maximum number of members allowed in your portal. Be aware that when automatic registration is enabled, enterprise accounts will be added as members of your organization, not only when they browse to your portal website, but also when they look at embedded web maps from you portal or look at a web map or web application from a link.

Note:

When upgrading Portal for ArcGIS 10.2.1 to 10.2.2, the setting that enables or disables automatic account creation is not preserved; automatic account creation is disabled after upgrading. This is unintended behavior and will be addressed in a future software release. If you enabled automatic account creation at 10.2.1, you can resolve this issue by immediately re-enabling the setting after upgrading to 10.2.2. For full instructions, see the steps below.

Registration behavior is controlled by the enableAutomaticAccountCreation setting in the ArcGIS Portal Directory.

Steps:

1. Log in to the Portal Directory with an account that has administrator privileges. The URL is in the format https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/portaladmin.
2. Click Security > Config > Update Security Configuration.
3. Edit the configuration JSON, setting enableAutomaticAccountCreation to either true, if you want accounts registered automatically for enterprise users, or false, if you want to add enterprise user accounts manually. For example, "enableAutomaticAccountCreation": true.

   For information on adding enterprise accounts manually, see Adding members to your portal.

4. Click Update Configuration to save your changes.

   When you click Update Configuration, your portal will restart automatically. This may take a few minutes to complete.