User Permissions

Add User

To add a user, go to the Authorization > User Permissions section of Global Configurations. Click Add user.

There are two types of permissions in Devtron:

Permission Type	Description
Specific permissions	Selecting Specific permission option allows you to manage access and provide the role-based access accordingly for: Helm Apps Kubernetes Resources
Super admin permission	Selecting Super admin permission option will get full access to Devtron resources and the rest of the options will not be available.

Assign Super admin permission

To assign a super admin access, go to the Authorization > User Permissions section of Global Configurations.

• Click Add user.

• Provide the email address of a user. You can add more than one email address. Please note that email address must be same as that in the email field in the JWT token returned by OIDC provider.

• Select Super admin permission and click Save.

• A user now will have a Super admin access.

Note:

• Only users with Super admin permission can assign super admin permissions to a user.

• We suggest that super admin access must be given to the selected users only.

Assign Specific permissions

To assign a specific permission, go to the Authorization > User Permissions section of Global Configurations.

• Click Add user.

• Provide the email address of a user. You can add more than one email address. Please note that email address must be same as that in the email field in the JWT token returned by OIDC provider.

• Select Specific permissions.

• Select the group permission from the drop-down list, if required.

• Selecting Specific permission option allows you to manage access and provide the role-based access accordingly for

  • Helm Apps

  • Kubernetes Resources

Helm Apps Permissions

In Helm Apps option, you can provide access to a user to manage permission for Helm apps deployed from Devtron or outside Devtron.

Provide the information in the following fields:

Registry Type	Credentials
Project	Select a project from the drop-down list to which you want to give permission to the user. You can select only one project at a time. Note: If you want to select more than one project, then click Add row.
Environment or cluster/namespace	Select the specific environment or all existing environments in default cluster from the drop-down list. Note: If you select all existing + future environments in default cluster option, then a user gets access to all the current environments including any new environment which gets associated with the application later.
Application	Select the specific application or all applications from the drop-down list corresponding to your selected Environments. Note: If All applications option is selected, then a user gets access to all the current applications including any new application which gets associated with the project later .
Role	Select one of the roles to which you want to give permission to the user: View only View & Edit Admin

You can add multiple rows for Helm app permission.

Once you have finished assigning the appropriate permissions for the users, Click Save.

Kubernetes Resources Permissions

In Kubernetes Resources option, you can provide permission to view, inspect, manage, and delete resources in your clusters from Resource Browser page in Devtron. You can also create resources from the Resource Browser.

Note: Only super admin users will be able to see Kubernetes Resources tab and provide permission to other users to access Resource Browser.

To provide Kubernetes resource permission, click Add permission.

On the Kubernetes resource permission, provide the information in the following fields:

Registry Type	Credentials
Cluster	Select a cluster from the drop-down list to which you want to give permission to the user. You can select only one cluster at a time. Note: To add another cluster, then click Add another.
Namespace	Select the namespace from the drop-down list.
API Group	Select the specific API group or All API groups from the drop-down list corresponding to the K8s resource.
Kind	Select the kind or All kind from the drop-down list corresponding to the K8s resource.
Resource name	Select the resource name or All resources from the drop-down list to which you want to give permission to the user.
Role	Select one of the roles to which you want to give permission to the user and click Done: View Admin

Role-based Access Levels

Devtron supports the following levels of access:

1. View only: User with View only access has the least privilege. This user can only view the combination of environments and helm charts whose access is granted to that user. This user cannot view sensitive data like secrets used in the charts.

2. View and Edit: User with View and Edit access can view as well as edit the helm charts whose access is granted to that user.

3. Admin: User with Admin access can create, edit, delete, and view permitted Helm apps in the permitted projects.

User Roles	View	Deploy	Edit	Delete
View Only	Yes	No	No	No
View and Edit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Admin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

You can add multiple rows for Kubernetes resource permission.

Once you have finished assigning the appropriate permissions for the users, Click Save.

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Edit User Permissions

Direct user permissions cannot be edited if you're using LDAP/Microsoft for SSO and 'auto-assign permission' is enabled. Permissions can only be managed via permission groups in such a scenario.

You can edit the user permissions by clicking the edit icon.

Edit the user permissions.

After you have done editing the user permissions, click Save.

If you want to delete the user/users with particular permissions, click Delete.