Copying a role

You can copy a role to save time.

Before you begin

You must have the Role Management permission to be able to copy a role.

About this task

Copying a role is a convenient way to set up permissions for a new role based on the permissions of an existing role. For example, you want to create a new role with the same permissions as a read-only consumer administrator role and you want to add a permission to deploy service packages.

Procedure

  1. In the cluster management console, select System & Services > Users > Roles.
    The User Roles and Access Control page displays.
  2. In the Roles column, select a role that has the permissions you want to reuse in a new role.
  3. Click the Copy Role icon under the Roles column.
    The Copy Role dialog displays
  4. Update the name of the new role. A description is optional.
  5. Click Copy to save your changes.
    The new role appears in the Roles column.
  6. In the Roles column, select the new role.
  7. In the Permissions column, select the permissions that you want to either add to the new role or remove from the new role.
  8. Click Apply to save your changes.