Transfer ownership

The Owner role grants full administrative access to Telegraf Controller, including the ability to manage all users, tokens, and settings. Only one owner can exist at a time. The current owner can transfer ownership to any active administrator.

Prerequisites and restrictions

• Only the current Owner can transfer ownership.
• The target user must have the Administrator role and be in an active state.
• If the target user is a Manager or Viewer, you must first promote them to Administrator. See Change a user’s role.
• You cannot transfer ownership to yourself.

Transfer the owner role

1. Navigate to the Users page or the target user’s detail page.
2. Choose the target Administrator from the list (if not already selected).
3. Select the Make Owner option. If on the user detail page, select the Manage tab to reveal the Make Owner option.
4. Confirm the username of the user you want to transfer ownership to and click Transfer Ownership.

What happens during transfer

When you confirm the transfer, Telegraf Controller performs an atomic operation that updates both accounts simultaneously:

• The current owner is demoted to Administrator.
• The target user is promoted to Owner.
• Both users’ sessions are destroyed – both must log in again.
• The operation is atomic: both changes succeed together or neither takes effect.