32.3. User Roles and Privileges
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32.3. User Roles and Privileges #

32.3.1. User Roles Description
32.3.2. Creating a User Role
32.3.3. Viewing User Roles and Privileges
32.3.4. Editing a User Role
32.3.5. Deleting a User Role

For more information about roles and privileges, refer to Section 7.7.

32.3.1. User Roles Description #

The following user roles are available in PPEM:

  • System administrator role has a full set of privileges.

  • Guest role can view a limited number of PPEM objects.

  • Instance objects administrator role can manage instance objects.

  • Instance objects viewer role can view instance objects.

  • Instance administrator role can manage an instance.

  • Instance PSQL user role can run the PSQL terminal.

  • Access administrator role can manage user and group roles.

  • Repositories and packages administrator can manage repositories and packages.

  • Explains administrator role can manage query plans.

  • Alerts administrator can manage alerts.

  • User audit administrator can manage the audit event log.

  • Instance pg_diagdump administrator role can run backend diagnostics.

32.3.2. Creating a User Role #

  1. In the navigation panel, go to Users → Roles and privileges.

  2. In the top-right corner of the page, click Add role.

  3. Specify parameters of the new user role (parameters marked with an asterisk are required):

    • System name: The system identifier of the user role.

    • Name.

    • Description.

    • Privileges: Privileges that are associated with the user role.

  4. Click Next, and then verify the list of privileges.

  5. Click Add.

32.3.3. Viewing User Roles and Privileges #

In the navigation panel, go to Users → Roles and privileges.

The table of user roles with the following columns will be displayed:

  • Role: The name and system identifier of the user role.

    To display the list of names and system identifiers of privileges associated with the user role, click Black chevron down icon next to the user role name.

  • Priveleges: The number of privileges associated with the user role.

  • Description.

  • Actions.

    For more information about available actions, refer to the corresponding instructions.

32.3.4. Editing a User Role #

  1. In the navigation panel, go to Users → Roles and privileges.

  2. Click Blue pencil icon next to the user role.

  3. Edit user role parameters.

  4. Click Next, and then verify the list of privileges.

  5. Click Save.

32.3.5. Deleting a User Role #

Important

Deleted user roles cannot be restored.

To delete a user role:

  1. In the navigation panel, go to Users → Roles and privileges.

  2. Click Delete next to the user role.

  3. Confirm the operation and click Delete.

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