The StorMan role enables a StorMan user for a specific task. The following predefined StorMan roles can be assigned to a StorMan user.
Storage Administrator (StorAdmin) - This is the most powerful StorMan role for the storage administrator. The owner of this role is enabled for all available StorMan functions and all existing StorMan pools including the management of StorMan users and their role assignments.
Pool Administrator (PoolAdmin) – This is the StorMan role for administrators of specific storage resources (StorMan pools). The functions are applicable for (one or multiple) StorMan pools as defined by the storage administrator.
Information (Info) – This is the StorMan role to show and monitor activities on the storage configuration in a datacenter. The owner is authorized for the complete information functionality of StorMan including performance and statistical data. The role does not authorize for any changes or modifications.
The StorMan roles consist of a defined and fixed set of StorMan authorizations.
The following overview shows the assignment of StorMan authorizations to StorMan roles.
StorMan Authorization Name | StorMan Role | ||
StorAdmin | PoolAdmin | Info | |
StorMan settings and parameters | X | ||
StorMan user management | X | ||
Storage complete configuration | X | ||
Storage complete management (e.g. storage cluster, replication,...) | X | ||
Pool specific configuration | X | X | |
Pool specific management (e.g. replication) | X | X | |
Statistical and performance data | X | X | X |
Information and monitoring | X | X | X |