Creating User Groups

Intro to Groups

Access control to Objects are based on Groups. DeployHub allows you to create custom Groups for organizing Users giving you more granular security control around the DeployHub Objects.

DeployHub default Groups include: -Administrator Group - The User who initially signs into DeployHub is automatically added to this Group. By default, this Group has access to all objects. -User Group - All Users who sign in after the initial Administrator User is created. -Everyone Group - All Users regardless of their assigned Group are automatically added to this Group. It is the default Group that provides access to “everyone” for all Objects. To restrict Everyone access, update the Access options at the Object level. This Group cannot be modified. If you delete a User from the system, they will be deleted from the Everyone Group.

Users are given access to DeployHub Objects based on their Group access. A many-to-many relationship exists between Users and Groups, so that a User can belong to many different Groups, and a Group can contain many different Users. If a User belongs to more than one Group, the User will be given the highest level of access.

Groups and Domain Inheritance

Users and Groups are created under a Domain. A User or Group that is created at a higher level Domain will inherit access to all Subdomains, based on their access settings. Group access and inherited access properties can be overridden within a Sub-Domain. As an example, Administrators, Director, and Operational level Users or Groups can be assigned to the highest level Domain for the Enterprise while Application Teams and Testing Teams can be defined to only the Subdomains that pertain to their area of expertise. Users or Groups can belong to multiple Domains.

Using the Group List View for Adding or Deleting

You will find Groups on the main menu on the left hand side of the DeployHub dashboard. Selecting Groups will take you to a list of all Groups which you have access to. You can also use the Filter bar, represented by a funnel icon, to reorder your Groups List View based on Groups and Domains.

The Groups List View has the following Tabs.

From the Groups List View, double click on the Group which you would like to view to see all Details.

Using the Group Dashboard for Viewing and Editing

The Group Dashboard view displays all information related to a specific Group.

Group Details Section

Groups have the following attributes:

User Membership

NOTE: DeployHub creates a Group named “Everyone” whenever it is installed, and every User that is created is added to this group and cannot be removed from it.

This section shows a list of all Users who belong to the selected Group. Click on the plus ‘+Add’ option to add a User to this Group. A new row will be added to the table with a drop down list allowing you to select the User to add to the Group. Select “Save” to commit the row to the table. You can use the Edit option to make a switch without having to first perform a Delete, and then an +Add.

Audit Trail

The Audit Trail displays audit entries for any changes that impact this Object.

• Comment: Click on ‘Comment’ to add information. There is a field above the list labeled “Say something about this Object” that can have written comments placed into it, or files can be attached to the comment. Entering text into this field activates the Add Message button. Click to save the comment as a line in the list.

• Add Files to Comments: Click on the paperclip icon to add a file to the message. Once done, click on the “Add Message” button. These attachments can later be retrieved by clicking on the paperclip icon which then displays the name of the file within a list. Choose the file to download it into the your default Download directory on your local computer.