Manage Your LinuxLink User Account

When you first register for a free LinuxLink account, or become a paid customer, Timesys sets up a user account for you. There are a number of features which allow you to manage various aspects of your account. These are accessed from a drop-down menu which is shown when you click on your username in the upper right corner of any LinuxLink page. The menu options are:

  1. Profile -- From this section, you can update/edit your login info, your password, account membership, assigned roles, API keys, weekly email notifications, and TimeStorm licenses.
  2. Files -- If Timesys shares files with you/your team, they will be available for download here.

Profile

To access your LinuxLink user account page, click on your username located in the upper right corner of any LinuxLink page. Then select Profile [1] from the dropdown menu.

Your LinuxLink User Account page contains the following sections:

  1. Info [1] -- This area contains your login info, the ability to change your password, toggle email notifications
  2. Teams [2] -- Where you can see which teams you are a member of, and modify SSO Accounts if you are a manager
  3. API Keys [3] -- This area allows you to view, create and revoke your API Keys
  4. SSO Logins [4] -- Where you can view your SSO Accounts.
  5. Integrations [5] -- Where you can view and modify your Jira Integration.

Info

The Info area contains your information about your LinuxLink account such as your email, username, and date created. Here you can also view TimeStorm licenses by clicking on "Manage Timestorm Licenses" [1] , toggle email notifications by either selecting or deselecting the checkbox in the "Email Notifications" field, change your current password, and update your user information.

To update your user information: Click the Edit User [2] button, modify your email, name, and username, and click Submit Changes to save your updated information.

To reset your password: Click the Change Password [3] button. Enter your current password and new password with a confirmation and click Update Password

Manage Timestorm Licenses
  1. Click on the Manage Timestorm Licenses button below your user info.
  2. Click the Create License button to generate the license.
  3. Click Create. An email with the attached license is sent, and the contents of the license file are displayed.
  4. Copy the license to the computer you will be using for TimeStorm. The license file is saved and can be retrieved at any time by selecting "View" on the Manage Timestorm license page

Teams

This section, which is opened by default, displays a list of teams that you are a member of. Expanding the drop down icon [1] to the left of the team name will show a list of other users in that team. Managers will be able to click on the email [2] of a team member and view their profile page with the ability to edit their user information and password. Managers will also see the "Manage SSO Accounts" [3] button which while take them to the SSO Manager page, and here they will have the ability to add or remove SSO accounts to any user of their team.

API Key

Here you can generate, by clicking on "Create new Key", and download, by clicking on "Download Key" your LinuxLink API key which you can use for authentication with the Vigiles CLI, or Desktop factory. See the Linuxlink Key File documenation for more information

SSO Logins

This section of the Profile page will allow you to see what SSO accounts you have active and what team they are for. Note: Having an SSO account for one team, but not another, will not prevent you from accessing that team space. See the Linuxlink SSO documentation for more information.

Integrations

This is where you can create and modify your Jira integration, allowing you to make Jira issues from CVEs and packages.

Files

To access your LinuxLink user account page, click on your username located in the upper right corner of any LinuxLink page, and then select Files [1] from the dropdown menu. Here you will be able to access any private files that Timesys has shared with you or your team.