--- title: How to manage Hyperglance users description: Hyperglance holds its own internal database of users and we have shell scripts that you can use to manage users. By default Hyperglance comes loaded with a single admin user whose username is 'admin' --- [Skip to content](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/managing-users#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![](https://support.hyperglance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/hyperglance.png?width=100&height=75&name=hyperglance.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Contact Us](https://www.hyperglance.com/contact/) [Contact Us](https://www.hyperglance.com/contact/) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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If you are running on our legacy Docker-based architecture, [see legacy guide](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/managing-users-post-5.2-0?hsLang=en).   **Default user:** By default Hyperglance comes loaded with a single admin user whose username is '**admin**' and the initial password would be the instance-id, computer name or just 'admin' depending on how you deployed Hyperglance.   To get started see the scenario examples at the bottom of this page! ### User Management Commands Use the hg CLI tool to administer users:  ``` ncludes tooling for managing users on a RKE2 based deployment of Hyperglance.Usage:  hg users [flags]  hg users [command]Available Commands:  add            Add a new user to Hyperglance.  delete         Delete a user from Hyperglance.  list           List all the users in Hyperglance.  reset-password Reset a users password.  roles          Set a users role/s. This command overwrites all existing roles with the provided comma separated list of roles.Flags:  -h, --help   help for users ```   #### hg users add Adds a user to the database. If no password is provided, a password prompt is shown. If no role is provided, the default role of HyperglanceUser is assumed. ``` Usage:  hg users add [flags]Flags:  -h, --help              help for add  -p, --password string   The password to use. Setting this does not validate the password.  -r, --role string       The roles to apply to this. Allowed options are: HyperglanceUser [default], HyperglanceContributor, HyperglanceAdmin or none. (default "HyperglanceUser")  -u, --username string   The new users username. ```   #### hg users delete Removes a user from the database. ``` Usage:  hg users delete [flags]Flags:  -f, --force             Force delete the user without verification  -h, --help              help for delete  -u, --username string   The users to be deleted. ``` #### hg users list List all the users in Hyperglance. Note: Only users with an active role assigned will be shown. ``` Usage:  hg users list [flags]Flags:  -h, --help   help for list ``` #### hg users reset-password Changes the password of an existing user. ``` Usage:  hg users reset-password [flags]Flags:  -h, --help              help for reset-password  -p, --password string   The password to use. Setting this does not validate the password.  -u, --username string   The users username whose password is to be reset. ```   #### hg users roles Assigns a set of roles to an existing user.  This will entirely replace all roles previously assigned to the user with the new set of specified roles. Learn more about how roles work in [Hyperglance's RBAC system](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/role-based-access-control-rbac?hsLang=en). ``` Usage:  hg users roles [flags]Flags:  -h, --help              help for roles  -r, --roles string      The comma (,) separated roles to apply to this user. -u, --username string   The username to assign the roles to ``` ### Scenario Examples #### Change the password of the default 'admin' user: ``` hg users reset-password -u admin ``` #### Add an additional admin user: ``` hg users add --username kirk --role HyperglanceAdmin ``` #### Add a user who can do everything except for administration duties: ``` hg users add --username spock --role HyperglanceContributor ``` #### Add a user who can only view 'dev1' and 'production1' accounts: ``` hg users add --username uhurahg users roles --username uhura --roles HyperglanceUser,dev1,production1 ``` #### Add a user who can view and trigger automations against (read/write) your 'dev2' account: ``` hg users add --username scotty hg users roles --username scotty --roles HyperglanceUser,HyperglanceActionsUser,dev2 ```   - [Before You Start](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/before-you-start?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Kubernetes](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/before-you-start?hsLang=en#kubernetes) - [GCP](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/before-you-start?hsLang=en#gcp) - [AWS](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/before-you-start?hsLang=en#aws) - [Azure](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/before-you-start?hsLang=en#azure) - [Using Hyperglance](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Automations](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#automations) - [Inventory & Diagrams](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#inventory-diagrams) - [Rules](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#rules) - [Cost Management](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#cost-management) - [Dashboards](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#dashboards) - [Security & Compliance](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/using-hyperglance?hsLang=en#security-compliance) - [Setup & Configuration](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Updating & Migrating](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#updating-migrating) - [General](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#general) - [RBAC & Users](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#rbac-users) - [STIGS & FIPS](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#stigs-fips) - [AWS](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#aws) - [Azure](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#azure) - [Kubernetes](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#kubernetes) - [GCP](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#gcp) - [API](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#api) - [Legacy Docker-based deployments](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#legacy-docker-based-deployments) - [AI](https://support.hyperglance.com/knowledge/setup-configuration?hsLang=en#ai) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://support.hyperglance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/hyperglance.png?width=134&height=24&name=hyperglance.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://www.hyperglance.com/) 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 203, San Jose, CA 95134 Copyright © 2025 Hyperglance. 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