Creating a role

Create roles to define the actions that can be completed by the user of an account that is associated with a resource group. Roles are used to define permissions to interact with the resources that are defined in the resource group.

To create a user role, complete the following steps:

1. In the navigation pane, click Accounts > Role.
2. Click Create Role. The Create Role pane displays.
3. From the I would like to create a role list, select one of the following options:

   Option	Actions
   New	Select permissions to apply to the role. By default, none of the permissions are pre-selected.
   From template	Select a role from the Which role would you like to use as a template? menu. Permissions that are associated with the template role are selected by default. Select additional permissions to apply to the role, and delete permissions that are not required. To view available permissions and their usage, see Permission types.

4. Enter a name for the role, and then click Create Role.

Results

The new role is displayed in the roles table and can be applied to new and existing user accounts.