Assign Roles to Users or User Groups

Before You Begin

This topic assumes you have already created users or user groups that can be assigned roles. If you need to complete these steps, choose one of the links below:

• To create users, follow the instructions in the Set Up Basic Authentication.
• To create user groups, follow the instructions in Getting Started with OIDC.

Assign Roles to Users (Basic Authentication)

To assign roles to a user, take the following steps:

1. In a web browser, go to the FQDN for your NGINX Management Suite host and log in.
2. Select the Settings (gear) icon in the upper-right corner.
3. On the left navigation menu, select Users.
4. Select a user from the list, then select Edit User.
5. In the Roles list, select the role(s) that you want to assign to the user.
6. Select Save.

Assign Roles to User Groups (OIDC)

User Groups require an OIDC identity provider
User groups require an external identity provider configured for OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication, as described in the Getting Started with OIDC. Users from an external identity provider cannot be assigned roles directly in NGINX Management Suite. Instead, they inherit roles by being members of user groups.

To assign roles to a user group, take the following steps:

1. In a web browser, go to the FQDN for your NGINX Management Suite host and log in.
2. Select the Settings (gear) icon in the upper-right corner.
3. On the left navigation menu, select User Groups.
4. Select a user group from the list, then select Edit.
5. In the Roles list, select the role(s) that you want to assign to the user group.
6. Select Save.