Manage users

Manage users and access to resources in your InfluxDB 3 Cloud instance.

Assign users roles based on the level of access they need, to minimize unnecessary access and reduce the risk of inadvertent actions. Roles were previously called user groups.

Roles

In InfluxDB 3 Cloud, users have management responsibilities, such as creating and deleting databases and provisioning database tokens for reading and writing data.

Every account starts with the following default roles:

  • Admin: Full access to account and instance resources.
  • Member: Create, describe, read, write, and delete permissions on databases, and view, create, and delete permissions on database (resource) tokens. Members can’t create admin tokens and can only view users and instances. Members can’t use the Admin UI Tokens page, which requires the Admin role. To create database tokens, members use the influxdb3 CLI or the HTTP API.
  • Auditor: View permission on users, instances, and invitations, and describe permission on databases. Auditors can see databases and schemas and view database tokens, but can’t query or write data or modify resources.

You can also create custom roles that grant only the access you choose. When you invite a user, you choose one or more roles for them.

For more information, see Understand roles and the permissions reference.

User management methods

Use the Admin UI to perform the following user management tasks:

  • View users and invitations - View existing users, and view each invitation’s recipient, status, sent date, and expiration date
  • Invite new users - Send invitations with role assignment
  • Revoke pending invitations - Cancel invitations that haven’t been accepted
  • Create and edit roles - Create custom roles, grant permissions, and assign roles to users

Role permissions

The tasks you can perform depend on your roles. By default, Admin can perform all of these tasks. Auditor can view the invite list but can’t send or revoke invitations. Member can’t access the invite list.

For more information, see Manage users in the Admin UI.

Manage users in the Admin UI

Use the InfluxDB 3 Cloud Admin UI to view users, send invitations, assign roles, and manage user access to your instance. Learn how to invite new users, revoke invitations, and understand role-based permissions.

Understand roles

Learn how roles control what users can do in InfluxDB 3 Cloud, the difference between default and custom roles, and how account and instance permissions apply.

Role permissions reference

Reference for the account and instance permissions that you can grant to a role in InfluxDB 3 Cloud, and the permissions that each default role starts with.

Create a custom role

Create a custom role in the InfluxDB 3 Cloud Admin UI, grant it permissions, assign it to users, and edit or delete it.

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