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Creating Roles

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Last updated: Sept 06, 2024 by Gary Leicht
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In addition to the predefined roles listed in Viewing Roles, you can create custom roles by choosing granular permissions based on your business needs. Depending on the Infoblox Platform license entitlements you currently have, you can select specific permissions to customize a user role.

Unlike the predefined roles in which the permissions are restricted to a specific Infoblox service, a custom role gives you the flexibility to include granular permissions across different Infoblox services. Since you only get the permissions you explicitly select, Infoblox strongly recommends that you map out the permissions and follow the best practices to ensure that the selected permissions work properly together to deliver the expected results for the users.

Best Practices for Custom Roles

To ensure that a custom role functions properly, consider the following:

  • When creating a custom role for Infoblox Portal users, you must include the following permissions: Tag Update, Tag Read, Tag Delete, and On-Prem Host View. Otherwise, certain tasks and pages might not function properly.

To create custom roles with granular permissions, complete the following:

  1. Log in to Infoblox Portal.

  2. Go to Configure > Administration > User Access > Roles.

  3. Click Create Role.

  4. In the Create Role dialog, complete the following:

    • Name: Specify a name for the role.

    • Description: Specify a brief description for the role. 

    • FEATURES: This section displays the available permissions for your Infoblox services. Select the check boxes of all applicable permissions you want to assign to this role. Depending on your license entitlement, the permissions you select in this section might or might not be applicable for the user role. You can click All to select all the permissions for a specific service or None to deselect the permissions. For any "View" permissions, the user role is granted read-only permission. For "Manage" permissions, the user role is granted read/write permission.

  5. Click Save & Close. 

For more information about role-based access, see the following:

 

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