Create groups

Before you begin

WLOC provides a set of predefined security groups and assigns roles to them, as defined in the following table:

Security Group	Permissions	Recommended Role Assignment
Administrators	Access to all features.	Admin
Monitors	Monitor services and resource pools.	Monitor
ServiceAdministrators	Manage services.	ServiceAdmin

To create a new group:

Access the Groups page in one of the following ways:
- Click the Controller tab in the WLOC navigation bar, click the Security tab on the Controller page, and click the Groups tab on the Security page.
- Click the Home tab in the WLOC navigation bar and click Groups under Manage Security.
The list of currently defined groups is displayed in the Groups table.
Click New on the Groups page.

Enter the following information:

Field	Description
Name	Name of the group.
Description	Description of the group. This field is optional.

Click Finish.
The group is added to the Groups table and the following confirmation message is displayed:
```
New group created successfully
```

After you finish

For more efficient management, BEA recommends that you assign users to groups, as described in Assign users to groups, or assign the groups to roles, as described in Assign users and groups to roles.

To delete a group, see Delete groups.

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