---
title: Manage users
description: Manage user accounts in Telegraf Controller, including creating, updating, disabling, and deleting users.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/controller/users/
estimated_tokens: 1613
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

# Manage users

#### Telegraf Controller is in Public Beta

Telegraf Controller is in public beta and will be part of the future Telegraf Enterprise offering. While in beta, Telegraf Controller is **not meant for production use**. The Telegraf Controller documentation is a work in progress, and we are actively working to improve it. If you have any questions or suggestions, please [submit an issue](https://github.com/influxdata/docs-v2/issues/new?labels=Telegraf%20Controller). We welcome any and all contributions.

Beta expectations

-   **No configuration or agent limits**  
    While in beta, Telegraf Controller doesn't place any limits on the number of configurations you can store or the number of Telegraf agents you can track. However, upon being generally available, the free distribution of Telegraf Controller will have limits introduced, with the option to increase limits through a Telegraf Enterprise license.
-   **Potential breaking changes**  
    While in beta, we will do our best to no longer make breaking changes to Telegraf Controller, however, they may be necessary. The majority of changes we make will be additive and non-breaking, and include any necessary migrations. When we do need to make breaking changes, we will do our best to communicate them clearly and in advance to minimize disruption.
-   **Flexible release schedule**  
    While in beta, we will continue to create new releases of Telegraf Controller, but likely at irregular intervals. We will provide [Telegraf Controller release notes](/telegraf/controller/reference/release-notes/) to make it easy to track updates.

Provide beta feedback

-   Use the **Feedback** feature in the Telegraf Controller UI.
-   [Join the InfluxDB Community Slack](https://influxdata.com/slack) and post feedback in the **#telegraf-enterprise-alpha** channel.
-   Post feedback in the [InfluxData Community](https://community.influxdata.com).

Join our public channels

-   [InfluxDB Community Slack *(Preferred)*](https://influxdata.com/slack)
-   [InfluxData Community](https://community.influxdata.com)
-   [InfluxDB Subreddit](https://reddit.com/r/influxdb)

Users are accounts that can log into the Telegraf Controller web interface and interact with the system based on their assigned role. You can create, update, disable, and delete users to control who has access to your Telegraf Controller instance.

## User states

Each user account is in one of the following states:

-   **Active** — The user can log in and perform actions based on their assigned role.
-   **Disabled** — The user cannot log in. Existing API tokens remain associated with the account but are unusable while the user is disabled.
-   **Locked** — A temporary state triggered by too many failed login attempts. The lock clears automatically after the configured lockout period. See the [Settings](/telegraf/controller/settings/) page for configuration options.

## User roles

Telegraf Controller supports four roles with different levels of access:

| Role | Access level |
| --- | --- |
| Owner | Full access. Manages users, tokens, and settings. |
| Administrator | Full access except ownership transfer. |
| Manager | Manages configs, agents, labels, reporting rules, and own tokens. |
| Viewer | Read-only access. |

For more details about roles and permissions, see [Authorization](/telegraf/controller/reference/authorization/).

## [Manage your account](/telegraf/controller/users/account/)

Update your username, email address, and password in Telegraf Controller.

## [Invite a new user](/telegraf/controller/users/invite/)

Invite new users to Telegraf Controller by generating an invite link with a pre-assigned role.

## [Update users](/telegraf/controller/users/update/)

Reset user passwords, change user roles, and manage user accounts in Telegraf Controller.

## [Transfer ownership](/telegraf/controller/users/transfer-ownership/)

Transfer the Telegraf Controller owner role to another administrator.

## [Disable a user](/telegraf/controller/users/disable/)

Disable a user account to prevent login without deleting the account or its associated tokens.

## [Delete a user](/telegraf/controller/users/delete/)

Permanently delete a user account and all associated API tokens from Telegraf Controller.

#### Related

-   [Authorization](/telegraf/controller/reference/authorization/)