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»Users

This topic describes how to add users to your HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) account and manage their access to resources.

»Introduction

When you create a user account in the HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) portal, an organization is created automatically. An organization is the parent entity containing your resources, including HashiCorp Virtual Networks (HVN) and product deployments. You can invite additional users to the organization so that they can access the resources.

»Invite Users

Use the following procedure to invite users into your organization. You must been assigned an admin role to invite and manage users:

  1. Log into HCP and choose your organization.
  2. Click Access Control (IAM) in the sidebar and click +Invite user.
  3. Enter their email address and click Add. You can repeat this step to continue adding users.
  4. Choose a role from the Assign role drop-down menu and click Invite. Refer to the User Permissions for information about the roles you can assign.

»Manage Users

You can remove user access or change roles from the Users screen. You must been assigned an admin role to invite and manage users.

  1. Log into HCP and choose your organization.
  2. Click Access Control (IAM) in the sidebar and click on a user name.
  3. You can perform the following actions:
    • Click Remove to delete the user from your organization.
    • Choose a new role from the Role drop-down menu.
  4. Click Save.

»User Permissions

You can assign users roles in HCP, which grant permission to perform specific actions in HCP. The following table describes permissions based on role.

HCP Platform PermissionsViewerContributorAdmin
Add and delete usersx
Manage user permissionsx
View usersxxx
Manage service principlesx
View current billing statusxxx
Create, edit, and delete HCP resourcesxx
View HCP resourcesxxx
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