Fine-grained access control references
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Fine-grained access control references
The reference information that follows complements conceptual information about Roles.
Fine-grained access fixed roles
Fixed roles | Permissions | Descriptions |
---|---|---|
fixed:permissions:admin:read | roles:read roles:list roles.builtin:list | Allows to list and get available roles and built-in role assignments. |
fixed:permissions:admin:edit | All permissions from fixed:permissions:admin:read androles:write roles:delete roles.builtin:add roles.builtin:remove | Allows every read action and in addition allows to create, change and delete custom roles and create or remove built-in role assignments. |
fixed:provisioning:admin | provisioning:reload | Allow provisioning configurations to be reloaded. |
fixed:reporting:admin:read | reports:read reports:send reports.settings:read | Allows to read reports and report settings. |
fixed:reporting:admin:edit | All permissions from fixed:reporting:admin:read andreports.admin:write reports:delete reports.settings:write | Allows every read action for reports and in addition allows to administer reports. |
fixed:users:admin:read | users.authtoken:list users.quotas:list users:read users.teams:read | Allows to list and get users and related information. |
fixed:users:admin:edit | All permissions from fixed:users:admin:read andusers.password:update users:write users:create users:delete users:enable users:disable users.permissions:update users:logout users.authtoken:update users.quotas:update | Allows every read action for users and in addition allows to administer users. |
fixed:users:org:read | org.users:read | Allows to get user organizations. |
fixed:users:org:edit | All permissions from fixed:users:org:read andorg.users:add org.users:remove org.users.role:update | Allows every read action for user organizations and in addition allows to administer user organizations. |
fixed:ldap:admin:read | ldap.user:read ldap.status:read | Allows to read LDAP information and status. |
fixed:ldap:admin:edit | All permissions from fixed:ldap:admin:read andldap.user:sync ldap.config:reload | Allows every read action for LDAP and in addition allows to administer LDAP. |
fixed:server:admin:read | server.stats:read | Read server stats |
fixed:settings:admin:read | settings:read | Read settings |
fixed:settings:admin:edit | All permissions from fixed:settings:admin:read andsettings:write | Update settings |
fixed:datasources:editor:read | datasources:explore | Allows to access the Explore tab |
fixed:datasources:admin | datasources:read datasources:create datasources:write datasources:delete | Allows to create, read, update, delete data sources. |
fixed:datasources:id:viewer | datasources.id:read | Allows to read data source IDs. |
fixed:datasources:permissions:admin | datasources.permissions:create datasources.permissions:read datasources.permissions:delete datasources.permissions:toggle | Allows to create, read, delete, enable, or disable data source permissions |
Default built-in role assignments
Built-in role | Associated role | Description |
---|---|---|
Grafana Admin | fixed:permissions:admin:edit fixed:permissions:admin:read fixed:provisioning:admin fixed:reporting:admin:edit fixed:reporting:admin:read fixed:users:admin:edit fixed:users:admin:read fixed:users:org:edit fixed:users:org:read fixed:ldap:admin:edit fixed:ldap:admin:read fixed:server:admin:read fixed:settings:admin:read fixed:settings:admin:edit | Default Grafana server administrator assignments. |
Admin | fixed:users:org:edit fixed:users:org:read fixed:reporting:admin:edit fixed:reporting:admin:read fixed:datasources:admin fixed:datasources:permissions:admin | Default Grafana organization administrator assignments. |
Editor | fixed:datasources:editor:read | Default Editor assignments. |
Viewer | fixed:datasources:id:viewer | Default Viewer assignments. |
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