Create access roles

Roles are a vital part of Access control. Roles provide users with access to specific, role-based metrics.

To create access roles in PMM, do the following:

1. From the Main menu, navigate to Configuration → Access Roles. Access Roles tab opens.

   

2. Click Create. Create role page opens.

3. Enter the Role name and Role description.

   

4. Select the following from the drop-downs for metrics access:

   • Label
   • Operator
   • Value of the label.

   If you want to add more than one label for a role, click + and select the values from the drop-down.

   For information on how the Prometheus selectors work, see Prometheus selectors.

5. Click Create role.

Note

To create roles, you must have admin privileges. For more information, see Manage users.