Assigning Release Automation (CDA) Permissions

As an Administrator, you grant user or user groups permission to create main types and custom types in the Automic Continuous Delivery Automation. For a user, you can assign the role of Release Automation Administrator, which grants create permission for all types.

Important! When an administrator role is revoked (User is Administrator checkbox is deselected), all permissions that are defined for the user on the Automation Engine authorizations page are removed.

Note: You can grant permissions to a user or user group when you first create the user or user group definition or later when you edit the definition.

To Assign Release Automation Permissions

  1. Open the user or user group definition.
  2. Go to the Permissions page.
  3. To assign the Administrator role to the user/user group, select the User is Administrator checkbox above the table. All the checkboxes are selected and unavailable because an administrator automatically has permission to create all object and custom types.

    Important! When the CDA Administrator flag is cleared, the general AE-authorizations * / * / * (R/W/X/D/C/S/P/M rights on all AE object types) are automatically removed and the standard set of CDA authorizations and proper folder authorizations are set.

  4. To grant access to the Infrastructure Manager to the user/user group, select the Access to Infrastructure Manager checkbox.

    Notes:

    • If the user/user group has an administrator role, this checkbox is selected by default and it cannot be disabled.

    • If the Infrastructure Manager backend (the REST API server) is not available, this checkbox is disabled.

  5. For a non-administrator user or a user group, select the checkbox for each type that the user or user group has permission to create.

    If you grant permission to a branch on the tree list that has subordinate types, then the user or user group is allowed to create all its subordinate types.

    To remove permission to a type or branch, clear its checkbox.

  6. Click the Save button above the sidebar.