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HTTP API

Fine-grained access control HTTP API

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Fine-grained access control API

Fine-grained access control API is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise.

The API can be used to create, update, get and list roles, and create or remove built-in role assignments. To use the API, you would need to enable fine-grained access control.

The API does not currently work with an API Token. So in order to use these API endpoints you will have to use Basic auth.

Get status

GET /api/access-control/status

Returns an indicator to check if fine-grained access control is enabled or not.

Required permissions

Action	Scope
status:accesscontrol	services:accesscontrol

Example request

GET /api/access-control/check
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
  "enabled": true
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Returned a flag indicating if the fine-grained access control is enabled or no.
403	Access denied
404	Not found, an indication that fine-grained access control is not available at all.
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create and manage custom roles

Get all roles

GET /api/access-control/roles

Gets all existing roles. The response contains all global and organization local roles, for the organization which user is signed in. Refer to the Role scopes for more information.

Required permissions

Action	Scope
roles:list	roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 1,
        "uid": "Kz9m_YjGz",
        "name": "fixed:reporting:admin:edit",
        "description": "Gives access to edit any report or the organization's general reporting settings.",
        "global": true,
        "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
        "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
    },
    {
        "version": 5,
        "uid": "vi9mlLjGz",
        "name": "fixed:permissions:admin:read",
        "description": "Gives access to read and list roles and permissions, as well as built-in role assignments.",
        "global": true,
        "updated": "2021-05-13T22:41:49+02:00",
        "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
    }
]

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Global and organization local roles are returned.
403	Access denied
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Get a role

GET /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Get a role for the given UID.

Required permissions

Action	Scope
roles:read	roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/roles/PYnDO3rMk
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 2,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGk",
    "name": "fixed:permissions:admin:edit",
    "description": "Gives access to create, update and delete roles, as well as manage built-in role assignments.",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "roles:list",
            "scope": "roles:*",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role is returned.
403	Access denied
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create a new custom role

POST /api/access-control/roles

Creates a new custom role and maps given permissions to that role. Note that roles with the same prefix as Fixed Roles can’t be created.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only create custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to create a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action	Scope
roles:write	permissions:delegate

Example request

POST /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 1,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete roles",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Field Name	Date Type	Required	Description
uid	string	No	UID of the role. If not present, the UID will be automatically created for you and returned in response. Refer to the Custom roles for more information.
global	boolean	No	A flag indicating if the role is global or not. If set to `false`, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request. Refer to the Role scopes for more information.
version	number	No	Version of the role. If not present, version 0 will be assigned to the role and returned in the response. Refer to the Custom roles for more information.
name	string	Yes	Name of the role. Refer to Custom roles for more information.
description	string	No	Description of the role.
permissions	Permission	No	If not present, the role will be created without any permissions.

Permission

Field Name	Data Type	Required	Description
action	string	Yes	Refer to Permissions for full list of available actions.
scope	string	No	If not present, no scope will be mapped to the permission. Refer to Permissions for full list of available scopes.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 2,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T23:20:51.416518+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role is updated.
400	Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403	Access denied
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Update a custom role

PUT /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Update the role with the given UID, and it’s permissions with the given UID. The operation is idempotent and all permissions of the role will be replaced with what is in the request. You would need to increment the version of the role with each update, otherwise the request will fail.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only update custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to update a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action	Scope
roles:write	permissions:delegate

Example request

PUT /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 2,    
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",    
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        },
         {
            "action": "roles:create",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Field Name	Data Type	Required	Description
version	number	Yes	Version of the role. Must be incremented for update to work.
name	string	Yes	Name of the role.
description	string	No	Description of the role.
permissions	List of Permissions	No	The full list of permissions the role should have after the update.

Permission

Field Name	Data Type	Required	Description
action	string	Yes	Refer to Permissions for full list of available actions.
scope	string	No	If not present, no scope will be mapped to the permission. Refer to Permissions for full list of available scopes.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 3,    
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",    
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00"
        },
         {
            "action": "roles:create",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.540987+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.540986+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role is updated.
400	Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403	Access denied
404	Role was not found to update.
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Delete a custom role

DELETE /api/access-control/roles/:uid?force=false

Delete a role with the given UID, and it’s permissions. If the role is assigned to a built-in role, the deletion operation will fail, unless force query param is set to true, and in that case all assignments will also be deleted.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only delete a custom role with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to delete a custom role which allows to do that.

Action	Scope
roles:delete	permissions:delegate

Example request

DELETE /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka?force=true
Accept: application/json

Query parameters

Param	Type	Required	Description
force	boolean	No	When set to `true`, the role will be deleted with all it’s assignments.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role deleted"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role is deleted.
400	Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403	Access denied
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create and remove built-in role assignments

API set allows to create or remove built-in role assignments and list current assignments.

Get all built-in role assignments

GET /api/access-control/builtin-roles

Gets all built-in role assignments.

Required permissions

Action	Scope
roles.builtin:list	roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/builtin-roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "Admin": [
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "qQui_LCMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:edit",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        },
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "PeXmlYjMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:read",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "Grafana Admin": [
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "qQui_LCMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:edit",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ]
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Built-in role assignments are returned.
403	Access denied
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create a built-in role assignment

POST /api/access-control/builtin-roles

Creates a new built-in role assignment.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only create built-in role assignments with the roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to create a built-in role assignment which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action	Scope
roles.builtin:add	permissions:delegate

Example request

POST /api/access-control/builtin-roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "roleUid": "LPMGN99Mk",
    "builtinRole": "Grafana Admin",
    "global": false
}

JSON body schema

Field Name	Date Type	Required	Description
roleUid	string	Yes	UID of the role.
builtinRole	boolean	Yes	Can be one of `Viewer`, `Editor`, `Admin` or `Grafana Admin`.
global	boolean	No	A flag indicating if the assignment is global or not. If set to `false`, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request to create organization local assignment. Refer to the Built-in role assignments for more information.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Built-in role grant added"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role was assigned to built-in role.
400	Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403	Access denied
404	Role not found
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Remove a built-in role assignment

DELETE /api/access-control/builtin-roles/:builtinRole/roles/:roleUID

Deletes a built-in role assignment (for one of Viewer, Editor, Admin, or Grafana Admin) to the role with the provided UID.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only remove built-in role assignments with the roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to remove a built-in role assignment which allows to do that.

Action	Scope
roles.builtin:remove	permissions:delegate

Example request

DELETE /api/access-control/builtin-roles/Grafana%20Admin/roles/LPMGN99Mk?global=false
Accept: application/json

Query parameters

Param	Type	Required	Description
global	boolean	No	A flag indicating if the assignment is global or not. If set to `false`, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request to remove assignment. Refer to the Built-in role assignments for more information.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Built-in role grant removed"
}

Status codes

Code	Description
200	Role was unassigned from built-in role.
400	Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403	Access denied
404	Role not found.
500	Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

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Fine-grained access control API

Get status

Required permissions

Example request

Example response

Status codes

Create and manage custom roles

Get all roles

Required permissions

Example request

Example response

Status codes

Get a role

Required permissions

Example request

Example response

Status codes

Create a new custom role

Required permissions

Example request

JSON body schema

Example response

Status codes

Update a custom role

Required permissions

Example request

JSON body schema

Example response

Status codes

Delete a custom role

Required permissions

Example request

Query parameters

Example response

Status codes

Create and remove built-in role assignments

Get all built-in role assignments

Required permissions

Example request

Example response

Status codes

Create a built-in role assignment

Required permissions

Example request

JSON body schema

Example response

Status codes

Remove a built-in role assignment

Required permissions

Example request

Query parameters

Example response

Status codes

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