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User Roles#

Cortex defines four roles:

  • read: the user can access all the jobs that have been performed by the Cortex 2 instance, including their results. However, this role cannot submit jobs. Moreover, this role cannot be used in the default cortex organization. This organization can only contain super administrators.
  • analyze: the analyze role implies the read role, described above. A user who has a analyze role can submit a new job using one of the configured analyzers for their organization. This role cannot be used in the default cortex organization. This organization can only contain super administrators.
  • orgAdmin: the orgAdmin role implies the analyze role. A user who has an analyze role can manage users within their organization. They can add users and give them read, analyze and/or orgAdmin roles. This role also permits to configure analyzers for the organization. This role cannot be used in the default cortex organization. This organization can only contain super administrators.
  • superAdmin: this role is incompatible with all the other roles listed above (see chart below for examples). It can be used solely for managing organizations and their associated users. When you install Cortex, the first user that is created will have this role. Several users can have it as well but only in the default cortex organization, which is automatically created during installation.

The chart below lists the roles and what they can and cannot do:

Actions read analyze orgAdmin superAdmin
Read reports X X X
Run jobs X X
Enable/Disable analyzer X
Configure analyzer X
Create org analyst X X
Delete org analyst X X
Create org admin X X
Delete org admin X X
Create Org X
Delete Org X
Create Cortex admin user X