Adding and Modifying Roles

Roles exist independently of an individual service and can be accessed globally through the role-mapping policy of any service. Policy Manager lists all available roles in the Roles page. Roles available on this page include roles that are created automatically when an administrator creates a new operator profile in Policy Manager Guest. The new role is created with the same name as the operator profile. If an administrator later wants to rename the role, the role is not replaced—instead, the first role is kept unchanged and another role is created with the new name.

Adding a Role

To add a role:

1. Navigate to Configuration > Identity > Roles.

The Roles page opens.

Figure 1  Roles Page

 

To configure a role from within a role-mapping policy, click the Add New Role link.

2. Click Add.

The Add New Role page opens.

Figure 2  Add New Role Page

3. Define the Add New Role parameters as described in the following table, then click Save.

Add New Role Page Parameters

Parameter

Action/Description

Name

Enter the name of the role.

Description

Optionally, enter the description that provides additional information about the new role (recommended).

Modifying a Role

To modify a role:

1. Navigate to Configuration > Identity > Roles.

The Roles page opens.

2. Click the role Name that you wish to modify.

The Edit Role page appears.

Figure 3  Edit Role Page

3. Edit the Name and Description as needed, then click Save.

The system-assigned Role ID cannot be changed.