Authentication and Users
QDash combines system-wide user accounts with project-specific roles.
Sign In
Open /login and enter your username and password. After authentication, QDash opens the Execution page in your default project.
Use the profile menu at the bottom of the sidebar to sign out. The same menu provides access to personal settings and password changes.
System Roles
| Role | Platform access |
|---|---|
| User | Sign in, update the own account, and access assigned projects. |
| Admin | Create users, reset passwords, and open the Admin page. |
The initial administrator is configured with QDASH_ADMIN_USERNAME. System administrators do not automatically own every project; project membership still controls access to project data.
Create Users
Only a system administrator can create an account. Open Admin, create the user, and provide the credentials through an appropriate secret-sharing channel. QDash creates a default project for the new account and makes that user its owner.
Administrators can also reset a user's password from Admin. A reset replaces the current password and should be followed by a user-initiated password change.
Change a Password
An authenticated user can change their own password from Settings by supplying the current password and a new password. A user who cannot authenticate must ask an administrator for a reset.
API Authentication
Automation should use a saved QDash Client profile or its documented QDASH_* environment variables. The client handles authentication and project headers without placing tokens directly in shell history.
Raw API consumers authenticate through /auth/login, send the returned bearer token in the Authorization header, and select project-scoped data with X-Project-Id. Use the interactive OpenAPI page linked from QDash or the OpenAPI reference for current request and response schemas.
Authorization Layers
System and project roles answer different questions:
- The system role controls account administration.
- The project role controls access to a project's calibration data and operations.
See Projects and Data Sharing for owner, editor, and viewer permissions.