Managing Roles

A role is a collection of one or more permissions that can be performed within the portal.

Adding a Role

Administrators add roles from the Roles tab on the Identity & Access Management page. As part of this procedure, administrators assign roles to users, which define the activities that users can perform in the portal.

1. At the top right of the portal, click your initials, and then select Identity & Access Management.

   

2. At the top of the page, click Roles.

3. At the right side of the page, click the + Add Role button.

4. Complete the fields in the Add Role form. Required fields are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Fields	Description
Role Name	Enter a name for this role.
Description	Enter a description for this role.
Permissions	To assign one or more permissions to this role, click + Add Permissions, check one or more permissions in the Add Permissions dialog box, and then click Save. If you decide not to add one or more permissions to this role, check them, and then click the Delete button in the Permissions section.
Users	To assign users to this role, click + Assign Users, check one or more users in the Assign Users dialog box, and then click Assign. If you decide not to add one or more users to this role, check them, and then click the Delete button in the Users section.

5. Click Save.

Editing a Role

Administrators edit roles from the Roles tab on the Identity & Access Management page.

1. At the top right of the portal, click your initials, and then select Identity & Access Management.

   

2. At the top of the page, click Roles.

3. From the Roles page, click the name of the role you want to edit, and then click Edit at the top right of the Role Details page.
   OR
   In the Actions column, click the vertical ellipsis for the role you want to edit, and then select Edit.

4. At the top right, click the Edit button.

5. Make your changes in the Edit Role form (for assistance, see the table above). Required fields are denoted by an asterisk (*).

6. Click Save.

Deleting a Role

Administrators delete roles from the Roles tab on the Identity & Access Management page.

1. At the top right of the portal, click your initials, and then select Identity & Access Management.

   

2. At the top of the page, click Roles.

3. Delete one or more roles:
   

• To delete one role from the Roles page, click a role's vertical ellipsis in the Actions column, and then select Delete.


OR

• To delete more than one role from the Roles page, check each role, and then click Delete at the top right of the page.


OR

• To see the details of a role before deleting it, click the role name. To delete the role, click Delete at the top right of the Role Details page.

4. If the role has no assigned users, click Yes, delete! to delete the role. If the role has one or more assigned users, click Un-assign from all users and delete to delete the role.

Permissions That Can Be Assigned to Roles

This Permission...	Allows the Role to...
certificate.create	Create certificates
certificate.delete	Delete certificates
certificate.deployment.production	Deploy certificates to production environment
certificate.deployment.staging	Deploy certificates to staging environment
certificate.download.csr	Download CSRs
certificate.read	Read certificates
certificate.update	Update certificates
dashboard.read	Read the dashboard
edgeHostnames.create	Create edge hostnames
edgeHostnames.delete	Delete edge hostnames
edgeHostnames.read	Read edge hostnames
edgeHostnames.update	Update edge hostnames
notification.create	Create notifications
notification.delete	Delete notifications
notification.read	Read notifications
property.create	Create properties
property.delete	Delete properties
property.deployment.production	Deploy properties to production environment
property.deployment.read	Read property deployments
property.deployment.staging	Deploy properties to staging environment
property.read	Read properties
property.update	Update properties
property.validation	Validate properties
property.validation.read	Read property validations
purge.create	Create purge requests
purge.read	Read purge requests
report.read	Read reports
role.create	Create roles
role.delete	Delete roles
role.read	Read roles
role.update	Update roles
user.create	Create users
user.delete	Delete users
user.read	Read users
user.suspend	Suspend users or reactivate suspended users
user.update	Update users