Splunk AppDynamics manages user credentials according to your type of deployment. See Planning Your Deployment.

• Local User—Splunk AppDynamics manages user account credentials.
• SAML User—you manage user account credentials via SAML integration.
• LDAP User—you manage user account credentials via LDAP integration.

You create and manage Local User accounts on the Controller Administration page. However, you can authenticate and authorize Controller users with external LDAP or SAML-based authentication providers.