Overview of User Roles

NAKIVO Backup & Replication allows you to assign roles and grant specific permissions to users of the product.

User Roles

A user role consists of a set of permissions that can be granted to a NAKIVO Backup & Replication user. Available permissions are grouped by the following product objects:

  • Calendar: Contains permissions for accessing the Calendar dashboard.

  • Activities: Contains permissions for accessing the Activities dashboard.

  • Global Search: Contains permissions for accessing Global Search.

  • Configuration: Contains a series of permissions for accessing configuration of NAKIVO Backup & Replication.

  • Jobs: Contains a series of permissions for managing jobs.

  • User profile: Сontains a series of permissions for managing user profile.

  • Help and Support: Сontains a series of permissions for accessing email support, online help center, chat support, and system information.

  • Aptare Report Generation: Contains permissions for managing Aptare report generation.

  • Monitoring: Contains permissions for managing the Monitoring feature.

Access Levels

There are the following access levels that can be set up for particular permission:

  • No access: The user cannot view, edit, and run the commands, neither from the graphical interface nor from the command line.

  • View only: The user can view the commands in the graphical interface but cannot edit or run them; using the command line, the user can only run the commands that do not change NAKIVO Backup & Replication objects.

  • Run only: The user can only view and run commands, both from the graphical interface and the command line.

  • Full access: The user can view, edit, and run the commands, both from the graphical interface and the command line.

  • Custom: A custom set of permissions is configured for a product object.

Built-In User Roles

The product offers you a number of built-in user roles:

  • Backup operator

  • Recovery operator

  • Self-service administrator

  • Self-service user

  • View only

Note

For editions other than Enterprise Plus, the roles Backup operator, Recovery operator, and custom roles are not available.

Built-in user roles can be used for performing typical user management tasks. If you need an extra level of security, you can add a new user role or take a built-in user role as a starting point by cloning it.

The user profile can only have a single role assigned.