Getting Started: Login & Navigation

Signing in

The console opens to the LUCIEN sign-in screen (titled ISM Appliance Console) with Username and Password fields and a Sign in button.

You sign in with an appliance account: the same Unix account that exists on the appliance itself. Credentials are checked against the appliance via PAM; there is no separate console password to manage. A successful sign-in creates a session that lasts 8 hours, after which you sign in again.

Roles

Your role is derived from the appliance, not chosen at login:

Role	Who	What they can do
Administrator	Members of the lucien-admin group	Full control: change configuration, start/stop services, edit policies, manage keys
Viewer	Every other valid account	Read-only: can see all pages but cannot make changes; mutating actions are refused

Roles and profile details are managed on the appliance (group membership), not from the console. To grant someone Administrator access, add their account to the lucien-admin group on the appliance.

Getting around

A fixed sidebar on the left lists the main pages, in order: Dashboard, Security Lab, Policies, Users, Reports, Radio, VoIP, System, TLS Intercept. At the bottom of the sidebar is your profile (the lucien avatar); its menu is where you reach Settings and sign out.

Throughout the console the same rule applies: Administrators see active controls; Viewers see the same information with the controls disabled.