Creating and Managing Hybrid Users

Once installation is complete, Orchid Hybrid VMS is configured with one (Hybrid) administrator user by default; this user is created during installation and cannot be removed. Additional users for Orchid Hybrid VMS can be created with varying levels of privileges through the Users option in Orchid Hybrid VMS’s System Menu.

Permissions for Hybrid users are handled using a combination of the Users and the Permission Groups features. Any Hybrid user that is configured in the system will be able to sign into Orchid Hybrid VMS. The user will not have access to any cameras or video, however, until the Administrator assigns them as a member of one or more Permission Groups. (Please refer to the Permission Groups section for details regarding planning and creating Permission Groups.)

Orchid Hybrid VMS provides the Administrator with the ability to manage Orchid Recorder users as well. Permissions for these users are still handled using four basic roles: Administrator, Manager, Viewer, and Live Viewer. Orchid Recorder users are handled as part of Managing Orchid Servers. Please refer to the Creating and Managing Orchid Users section for complete details regarding Orchid users.

*You must be a member of an Administrator group to create and manage users.

*After initial sign in, Administrators should not use the default Admin account. Instead, each Administrator should create an individual User account as part of an Administrator group. If you sign in as the default Administrator, when you sign out, you will automatically sign out any other Administrator users that are signed in with the default Administrator credentials.

*Hybrid now allows all end-users to change their own passwords. Administrators will still need to assign user passwords to give users initial access.

*If Orchid Hybrid VMS is configured to work with one of the external authentication options (such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID/Azure A-D, or FreeIPA), the Hybrid Users list may include locally added Hybrid users, but won’t list individual users from the external authentication sources. This is because all of the external users originate as users that already exist in the external system. (Orchid Recorder user lists will still be available on the Servers / Users tab, and Administrators will have the ability to add and manage those users.)