IBM Aspera Faspex on Demand gives you the ability to allow non-registered
users to request accounts on the Faspex login page. This relieves the workload of
administrators and managers. You must ensure that proper security settings have been
put into place before allowing self-registration.
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The self-registration feature is turned off by default. Go to and find the Registrations section.
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From the Self registration drop down menu, choose
between three options:
- None: Self-registration is not allowed.
- Moderated: An administrator must approve the
account before it is created.
- Unmoderated: Once a user registers an account,
the account is automatically created.
If you allow self-registration, Aspera recommends you use the
Moderated setting for security purposes.
Warning: If self-registration is enabled, a user can use it to find
out whether a certain account exists on the server. If a user attempts to
self-register a duplicate account, then the user receives a prompt stating
that the user already exists.
- Optional:
Set the Terms of Service. Users are required to accept
the terms in order to create an account.
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Enter one or more email addresses to notify for moderation. These email
addresses are not validated against existing Faspex administrators or managers,
but only administrators and managers can approve account requests.
Note: This field only appears when self-registration is
Moderated.
- Optional:
Select Self-registered users are allowed to send packages to one
another to allow self-registered users to send packages to other
self-registered users.
- Optional:
Click Update.
- Optional:
To prevent a self-registered account from having the same email address as a
full Faspex user, administrators can add a
special option to faspex.yml.
You will find
faspex.yml in the following directory:
/opt/aspera/faspex/config/faspex.yml
Inside
faspex.yml, within the Production section, paste
the following option and set it to
true:
EnforceSelfRegisteredUserEmailUniqueness: true
If users are allowed to self-register, they see the option to
Request an
account on the login page. After a user clicks this link and completes
the form, administrators are required to
Approve or
Deny the account. Administrators can find requests by going
to to
Approve or
Deny the
account. For more information on approving or denying accounts, see
Approving or Denying Pending Registrations.
After a user self-registers, the new account will
inherit the permissions of the configured template user and automatically becomes a
member of designated workgroups. To configure the template user, go to and click the template user link. To set the
workgroups that newly created users join, click the
workgroups link. For more information about configuring
the template user and workgroups, see Configure Self-Registration Template User.