On the Account Management page of Managed Service for Grafana, you can authorize other Alibaba Cloud accounts to use your Grafana workspace. This topic describes how to authorize an Alibaba Cloud account and how that user can sign in to Grafana.
This feature is available in the Pro Edition and Advanced Edition. If you use the Developer Edition, you must upgrade to the Pro Edition or Advanced Edition.
Authorize users
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Log on to the Managed Service for Grafana console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspace Management.
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On the Workspace Management page, click the ID of the workspace that you want to manage.
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In the left-side navigation pane, click Account Management, and then click Authorize Alibaba Cloud Users.
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In the Authorize Alibaba Cloud Users dialog box, enter the user ID of the Alibaba Cloud account, select an organization, grant permissions, and then click Authorize.
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Description
User ID
The user ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to authorize.
Description
Enter a description for the authorized user. This description is displayed only on the Alibaba Cloud console.
Organization
The Grafana organization to which the account belongs. You can manage organizations on the page in Grafana. For more information, see the official Grafana documentation.
Permissions
Select the user's permissions for all dashboards in the Grafana workspace.
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Admin: Administrator permissions.
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Editor: Editor permissions.
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Viewer: Read-only permissions.
For more detailed information about permissions, see the official Grafana documentation.
The authorized user then appears on the Account Management page. The list of authorized users displays the Login name/Display name, Permissions, Description, and Time added for each user. In the Actions column, you can click Add permissions, Modify permissions, Delete permissions, or Delete account to manage user permissions.
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After authorization, return to the Workspace Management page. Copy the URL in the workspace URL column for the target workspace and share it with the authorized user.
Sign in as an authorized user
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Log on to Alibaba Cloud with the authorized account.
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Open the workspace URL to navigate to the Grafana page.
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On the Grafana sign-in page, click Sign in with Alibaba Cloud.
Manage accounts
On the Account Management page, you can reset the password for the workspace Admin account or manage the permissions of authorized users.
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Click Reset Admin Password in the upper-right corner of the page and set a new password for the Admin account in the Reset Admin Password dialog box.
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In the Actions column for the target user, click Add permissions to assign the user to an additional Grafana organization and set their permissions within that organization.
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In the Actions column for the target user, click Modify permissions to change the user's permissions in a Grafana organization.
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In the Actions column for the target user, click Delete permissions to remove the user from a Grafana organization.
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In the Actions column for the target user, click Delete account to remove the authorized user.