Managing Users
How to add and manage users, user roles and user privileges in the Bot Defender console
Users are managed in from Platform Settings > Users. You can add (invite) as many users as needed. When adding a user, the user's role and privileges is set. This role determines what data they can see and what actions they can perform.
User Roles
The following user roles are available:
- Admin - Full portal credentials.
- Read-only - Read-only portal credentials.
- Security Admin - User can create/edit Policies as well as generate Scheduled Reports.
- Reports Admin - User has read-only credentials and they can generate Scheduled Reports.
- Developer - User has access to the developer tab and documentation, and read-only credentials for all other components.
- Dev Tools - User has access to developer tab and documentation only.
The following table outlines the capabilities of the various user roles
Portal Action | Admin | Read-only | Reports Admin | Security Admin | Dev Tools | Developer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy | Create | View | View | Create | Disabled | View |
Billing | View | View | View | View | Disabled | Disabled |
Reports | Create | View | Create | Create | Disabled | View |
Applications | Create | View | View | View | Disabled | View |
Accounts | Edit | View | View | View | View | View |
Users | Create | View | View | View | Disabled | Disabled |
Adding a User
Users are added by inviting them and assigning them their user role
To invite a new user:
- Navigate to the Platform Settings > Users page.
- Click Invite User. The Invite User dialog appears indicating to which account the user will be added.
- Fill in the required details.
- Select the appropriate role for the new user; either Admin or Read-only.
- Click Send Invitation. The user will receive an email with a link inviting them to the PerimeterX Portal.
Updated about 1 year ago