Creating and Using Groups

Groups are part of User Management and are used by the Tenant Owner and Administrator role(s) to associate OrasiLabs Users to one or more OrasiLabs Roles when creating or editing Users.

The Groups Index Page is displayed by clicking on User Management in the left side menu and then clicking on the Groups tab.

Two System Groups shown on the Group Index Page are automatically created during tenant creation and are named Administrator Group and Standard User Group. Administrators have access to all items on the left-hand menu except Settings.  Tenant Owners can grant Settings Administrator privileges on the Edit User page under the Users tab.  Standard Users have access to all items on the left-hand menu except User Management and Settings. 

Notice by clicking the information circle next to the Group name you can see what role or roles are associated with the Group.  When Albert Einstein was created as a User he was assigned to the Instructor Group and was therefore given the role of Instructor.  His role can be changed by clicking on the Users Tab and selecting Edit User (pencil icon) on his row on the Index Page.

Tenant Owners and Administrators can add members to a Group by clicking on the person icon on the Group Index name row.

Once the Add New Member icon is clicked a Select User screen is displayed and the new member is selected and then Save is clicked.  NOTE:  the new member is removed from their previous Group assignment automatically and added to the new Group.

Tenant Owners and Administrators can edit a Group by clicking on the pencil icon on the Group Index name row.

Tenant Owners and Administrators can edit the Group’s Name, Description, Cloud Account, and Roles for the Group.  Assuming there are no members assigned, the Group can be deleted by clicking on the trash can icon.

Tenant Owners and Administrators can delete a Group by clicking on the trash can icon on the Group Index name row.  Administrator and Standard User Groups cannot be deleted.

Note that Groups cannot be deleted until all Users have been removed from the Group and reassigned.

Groups are also used by Tenant Owners and Settings Administrators when creating or editing Server Policies that are used in OrasiLabs Lab Template creation and editing.  Server Policies control what server and database instances can be used in Lab Template creation and editing.  Associating a Server Policy with a group will allow you to restrict instance types to certain users. 

In the example, additional instance types are available in the dropdown because an Administrator was logged in and the XL Instances server policy allows additional XL instance types.