A security realm defines the mechanism for user authentication and authorization. FlexDeploy provides a default internal realm for users, which is based on FlexDeploy database tables for Users and Groups. FlexDeploy also supports Active Directory and other LDAP based realms for authentication and authorization using an external directory server. You can define multiple security realms. To configure/view the realms, select Administration -> Security -> Realms from the menu.
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Realm configuration changes requires a recycle of the FlexDeploy server process, but any changes on Group Mapping tab does not require a recycle.
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The System Settings provide a mechanism for configuring settings required by FlexDeploy. Only users belonging to a group which has FlexDeploy Administrator permission will have access to view or modify system settings.