This guide walks an administrator through the end-to-end setup for managing Anaconda via the Cloud Platform: defining policies, requesting a configured installer, distributing it to users, and the ongoing user lifecycle.
This is a PDF diagram available for reference: Admin Portal Setup Flow.pdf
Step 1 — Policies and channel setup
See pages 48 and 67 of the Onboarding Guide.
The admin works with Legal and SecOps to identify the policies that should govern package access, then applies those policies to the Anaconda Main Channels.
Step 2 — Send a Setup Request to your Anaconda CSM
Send the setup request to your Anaconda Customer Success Manager. Anaconda will use your admin credentials to create a secondary account and build a configured installer with a unique URL. The admin will receive the install URL by email.
Step 3 — Create Instructions for Users
The local admin at your company sends the install URL and channel path out to each user, along with the instructions they need to complete steps 5 and 6.
Step 4 — Ongoing user lifecycle
See page 14 of the Onboarding Guide.
Trigger: a new hire joins, or an employee leaves.
Repeat this loop for every hire or departure. Common triggers:
- New hire onboarding
- Employee departure
- Role or team changes
- Access audits
Add user
- Manually add the new user in the Admin Portal
- Assign a seat
- Send the installer URL
User onboards
- Admin emails the user the configured installer and channel paths
- The user starts on Step 5 below
Remove user
- Manually remove the user in the Admin Portal
- Revoke the seat
- Token access is removed
Step 5 — Run the installer
The steps here differ depending on whether the user has ever used conda before.
New user — never used conda
Run the configured installer from the URL provided by the admin.
Existing user — previously installed conda
Export environments. Use the Conda Cheatsheet to export any local environments you want to carry over into the new installation.
Run the installer. Copy and paste the code snippet from the admin email into your IDE or CLI.
Note: Running the installer deletes the previous install and then completes a fresh installation. Make sure you have exported any environments you want to keep before continuing.
Step 6 — Anaconda login from IDE or CLI
Run anaconda login from your IDE or terminal to complete authentication. The prompt will look like this:
anaconda login choose destination: * anaconda.com [default] anaconda.org You are already logged into Anaconda (anaconda.com). Would you like to force a new login? [y/n] (n): y conda config --prepend channels <CHANNEL_PATH>
Important: This login launches a web browser where each user creates or signs into their Anaconda.com account. This step is critical — it binds the user's individual API token to the installation and authenticates them to your organization's channel.
<CHANNEL_PATH> should be replaced with the URL provided by your administrator in the email containing the installation link.