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Roles permissions docs (#14444)

* first draft on role based acccess docs * first iteration with complete table * some fixes after local run * some fixes after local run * fixe one setence to be correct gramatically * fixed the topic type to Concetps * review with suggestion from the notes on the release notes and comment after previous merge * first draft on role based acccess docs * first iteration with complete table * some fixes after local run * some fixes after local run * fixe one setence to be correct gramatically * review with suggestion from the notes on the release notes and comment after previous merge * rebase from master and one fix * removed detailing word from sentence introducing permission tables * minor addition Outside of the scope of this PR, I cherry-pick a typo that makes docusaurus break during build time. --------- Co-authored-by: Tasos Katsoulas <12612986+tkatsoulas@users.noreply.github.com>

Hugo Valente committed Feb 7, 2023 at 14:23 UTC 93928f008548ffcbda9a4cef5f8603bffe1a00e6

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docs/cloud/manage/role-based-access.md

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9 learn_docs_purpose: "Explanation of Netdata roles and permissions linked to them"

10 -->

12 -Netdata Cloud provides an out-of-the-box role-based-access mechanism that allows you to control what functionalities in the app users can access.

13 -

14 -This is achieved through the set of pre-defined roles that are available and have associated permissions, depending on the purpose of each one of them.

12 +Netdata Cloud already provides a role-based-access mechanism, that allows you to control what functionalities in the app users can access. Each user can be assigned only one role, which fully specifies all the capabilities they are afforded.

14 #### What roles are available?

18 -Depending on the plan associated with your space you will have different roles available:

16 +With the advent of the paid plans we revamped the roles to cover needs expressed by Netdata users, like providing more limited access to their customers, or

17 +being able to join any room. We also aligned the offered roles to the target audience of each plan. The end result is the following:

20 | :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: |

22 -| **Administrators**This role allows users to manage Spaces, War Rooms, Nodes, and Users, this includes the Plan & Billing settings. It also allows access to all War Rooms in the space | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |

23 -| **Managers**This role allows users to manage War Rooms and Users. It also allows access to all War Rooms in the space. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

24 -| **Troubleshooters**This role is for users that will be just focused on using Netdata to troubleshoot, not manage entities. It also allows access to all War Rooms in the space. | - | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |

25 -| **Observers**This role is for read-only access with restricted access to explicit War Rooms. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

26 -| **Billing**This role is for users that need to manage billing options and see invoices. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

21 +| **Administrators**This role allows users to manage Spaces, War Rooms, Nodes, and Users, this includes the Plan & Billing settings.Provides access to all War Rooms in the space | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |

22 +| **Managers**This role allows users to manage War Rooms and Users.Provides access to all War Rooms and Nodes in the space. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

23 +| **Troubleshooters**This role is for users that will be just focused on using Netdata to troubleshoot, not manage entities.Provides access to all War Rooms and Nodes in the space. | - | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |

24 +| **Observers**This role is for read-only access with restricted access to explicit War Rooms and only the Nodes that appear in those War Rooms.💡 Ideal for restricting your customer's access to their own dedicated rooms. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

25 +| **Billing**This role is for users that need to manage billing options and see invoices, with no further access to the system. | - | - | :heavy_check_mark: |

27 #### Which functionalities are available for each role?

30 -In more detail, you can find on the following table which functionalities are available for each role.

29 +In more detail, you can find on the following tables which functionalities are available for each role on each domain.

31 ##### Space Management

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107 | :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :-- |

109 | Run any function in Room | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | - | - | - |

111 | Run sensitive function in Room | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | - | - | - | There isn't any function on this category yet, so subject to change. |

112

113 ##### Events feed

docs/dashboard/visualization-date-and-time-controls.mdx

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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ distributed in different timezones and they need to collaborate.

84 Our goal is to make it easier for you and your teams to troubleshoot based on your timezone preference and communicate easily

85 with varying timezones and timeframes without the need to be concerned about their specificity.

87 -<img width="437" alt="Untitled1" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43294513/216628390-c3bd1cd2-349d-4523-b8d3-c7e68395f670.png">

87 +<img width="437" alt="Untitled1" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43294513/216628390-c3bd1cd2-349d-4523-b8d3-c7e68395f670.png"/>

89 When you change the timezone all the date and time fields will be updated to be displayed according to the specified timezone, this goes from

90 charts to alerts information and across the Netdata Cloud.