Using role-based access control

You can manage the permissions of your team members using role-based access control (RBAC). These roles define the resources that your team members can view and edit in the Northflank UI.

Roles can be given specific permissions based on CRUD operations for the different Northflank resources such as projects, services, jobs, pipelines and addons. Roles can also be restricted to certain projects, and be given permissions to manage aspects of the team itself.

You can use an organisation create and manage roles across teams, and to manage organisation permissions.

Owner

When you create a team you are given the role of owner which grants all permissions across the entire team account. The owner cannot be removed from the team, you must transfer the owner role to another user before leaving the team.

Admin

The default admin role grants a user full permissions across the team to create, read, update, and delete resources and modify team settings. You should check and modify the permissions granted by the admin role when you create your team.

Default

When you invite a user to a team they are automatically assigned the default role which permits limited access to create, read, and update resources, but not to delete them, and only access to view team settings. You should check and modify the permissions granted by the default role when you create your team.

The team owner and any role with permissions, such as the admin role, can create and modify roles in the team's account settings.

You can select members to be assigned to the role immediately, or grant the role to members later.

Roles can be restricted to specific projects, so that the role will only grant members the given permissions within the selected projects.

Roles can be assigned to team members by editing the role in the team's account settings and selecting members from the drop-down list. Roles can be removed from members by deleting them from the list.

You can also add and remove roles from a member from the members page in the team's account settings and opening the role selector for that member. You can add and remove roles from invited users that have not yet been added to the team here as well.

You can manage user roles on an organisational level to ensure compliance with your security policies.

Organisation permissions

You can grant roles permissions to create and manage teams, and to manage organisational settings.

Team permissions

You can configure standard team role permissions, and also restrict the role to specific teams. Restricting the role to specific teams will allow organisation users with the role to only view and interact with the teams their roles grant them permission for.

Directory sync

If you have enabled directory sync, you can select directory groups to associate with the role. Users in the directory groups will be assigned the role, and the role will be removed from users if they are removed from the directory group.