Roles on Layer5 Documentation

Default Organization Roles

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Default Organization Roles

Organization Administrators 🔗

What is the purpose of this role?

Administration of an organization (for each organization for which the user has this role assigned)

Who can assign this role?

The Organization Owner

When this role first assigned?

Creation of new organization or User Account creation

How many instances of these roles?

Default Workspace Roles

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Workspace Administrator 🔗

What is the purpose of this role?

Administration of a workspace along with curation of content for the organization’s catalog (for each organization for which the user has this role assigned)

Who can assign this role?

Organization Administrators or Workspace Owner

When this role first assigned?

Creation of a new workspace

How many instances of these roles?

Roles

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Roles map permissions to users. Roles contain any number of keychains, which contain any number of keys (permissions). Assign roles to users to grant permissions.

Provider Admin Role 🔗

Provider Admin Role

What is the purpose of this role?

Used for administration of Layer5 Cloud.
Used for debugging and monitoring.
Applicable to platform engineering team and on-prem users.

Who can assign this role?

Default Team Roles

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Default Team Roles

Team Administrator 🔗

What is the purpose of this role?

Administration of teams

Who can assign this role?

Organization Administrator or Team owner

When this role first assigned?

Creation of new team or User Account creation

How many instances of these roles?

Min: 1, Max: many (based on plan)
Only first Team Admin would be the owner

Who can remove assignment of this role?

Default User Role

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Default User Role

User 🔗

What is the purpose of this role?

To grant Organization members access to basic features and resources within the context of that Organization.

Who can assign this role?

Organization Administrators, Workspace Administrators and Team Administrators

When this role first assigned?

Automatically assigned to members on joining an Organization.

How many instances of these roles?

Default Academy Roles

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Academy Administrator

Academy Administrator 🔗

What is the purpose of this role?

Management of an organization’s academy, learner management, and access to academy instructor console.

Who can assign this role?

Organization Administrators

When this role first assigned?

Manually assigned by an Organization Administrator.

How many instances of these roles?

Min: 0, Max: many

Who can remove assignment of this role?