From: Wolfgang Bumiller Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 09:48:53 +0000 (+0200) Subject: reorder the roles section X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=853d288bd5ae906fc99b3008d37ba81e8951dd08;ds=sidebyside reorder the roles section As they provide an overview of predefined roles and give an idea of what kind of permissions are available, they fit better right after the new general permission introduction. --- diff --git a/pveum.adoc b/pveum.adoc index e11a2ed..f1abd94 100644 --- a/pveum.adoc +++ b/pveum.adoc @@ -198,6 +198,37 @@ role)', with the role containing a set of allowed actions, and the path representing the target of these actions. +Roles +~~~~~ + +A role is simply a list of privileges. Proxmox VE comes with a number +of predefined roles which satisfies most needs. + +* `Administrator`: has all privileges +* `NoAccess`: has no privileges (used to forbid access) +* `PVEAdmin`: can do most things, but miss rights to modify system settings (`Sys.PowerMgmt`, `Sys.Modify`, `Realm.Allocate`). +* `PVEAuditor`: read only access +* `PVEDatastoreAdmin`: create and allocate backup space and templates +* `PVEDatastoreUser`: allocate backup space and view storage +* `PVEPoolAdmin`: allocate pools +* `PVESysAdmin`: User ACLs, audit, system console and system logs +* `PVETemplateUser`: view and clone templates +* `PVEUserAdmin`: user administration +* `PVEVMAdmin`: fully administer VMs +* `PVEVMUser`: view, backup, config CDROM, VM console, VM power management + +You can see the whole set of predefined roles on the GUI. + +Adding new roles can currently only be done from the command line, like +this: + +[source,bash] +---- +pveum roleadd PVE_Power-only -privs "VM.PowerMgmt VM.Console" +pveum roleadd Sys_Power-only -privs "Sys.PowerMgmt Sys.Console" +---- + + Objects and Paths ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -258,36 +289,6 @@ Storage related privileges:: * `Datastore.Audit`: view/browse a datastore -Roles -~~~~~ - -A role is simply a list of privileges. Proxmox VE comes with a number -of predefined roles which satisfies most needs. - -* `Administrator`: has all privileges -* `NoAccess`: has no privileges (used to forbid access) -* `PVEAdmin`: can do most things, but miss rights to modify system settings (`Sys.PowerMgmt`, `Sys.Modify`, `Realm.Allocate`). -* `PVEAuditor`: read only access -* `PVEDatastoreAdmin`: create and allocate backup space and templates -* `PVEDatastoreUser`: allocate backup space and view storage -* `PVEPoolAdmin`: allocate pools -* `PVESysAdmin`: User ACLs, audit, system console and system logs -* `PVETemplateUser`: view and clone templates -* `PVEUserAdmin`: user administration -* `PVEVMAdmin`: fully administer VMs -* `PVEVMUser`: view, backup, config CDROM, VM console, VM power management - -You can see the whole set of predefined roles on the GUI. - -Adding new roles using the CLI: - -[source,bash] ----- -pveum roleadd PVE_Power-only -privs "VM.PowerMgmt VM.Console" -pveum roleadd Sys_Power-only -privs "Sys.PowerMgmt Sys.Console" ----- - - Permissions ~~~~~~~~~~~