When users are registered via the admin UI no default roles are
assigned.
To register new users from the admin UI:
1. go to the **Users** tab. The **Users** and **Groups** will show in
the main menu on left had side.
2. Click on **Users** in the menu: the **Add** button at the bottom of
the menu will become active (blue)
3. Click the **Add** button
4. Enter the U**ser Id**. This is the LDAP username, when LDAP
authentication is used, or the email address if SSO is used. Please
note that file-based authentication (where username and password can
be created) is not supported by the admin UI.
5.**Home space**: this sets the default folder a user sees marked as
**My Space** in the Lab Notebook.
6. Click the **Add Role** button at the bottom of the page to assign a
role to the user.
7. Click the **Add Group** button at the bottom of the page to assign a
user to a group of users.

8. To assign a role to a user, first the **Level** needs to be selected
(Instance, Space, Project) .
9.If level is Instance, you can directly select a role (Admin, Observer). If the level is Space or Project, you first need to select the Space or Project and then assign a [Role](https://openbis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-documentation/general-admin-users/admins-documentation/user-registration.html#openbis-roles).