When multiple teams or stakeholders need access to your Grafana dashboards, you can authorize their Alibaba Cloud accounts directly from the console. Each authorized account is assigned to a Grafana organization with a specific role (Admin, Editor, or Viewer) that controls what they can do in the workspace.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, make sure that you have:
A Grafana workspace running the Pro Edition or Advanced Edition
The Alibaba Cloud account ID of each user you want to authorize
The Developer Edition does not support account management. Upgrade to the Pro or Advanced Edition to use this feature.
Authorize an Alibaba Cloud account
To grant another Alibaba Cloud account access to your Grafana workspace, assign it to a Grafana organization with a specific role.
- Log on to the Managed Service for Grafana console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspace Management.
- On the Workspace Management page, click the ID of the workspace you want to manage.
- In the left-side navigation pane, click Account Management.
- Click Authorize Alibaba Cloud Users.
- In the Authorize Alibaba Cloud Users dialog box, configure the following parameters, and then click Authorize.
Parameter Description User ID The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to authorize. Description Optional remarks about the account. This information is displayed only in the Alibaba Cloud console. Organization The Grafana organization to assign the account to. To manage organizations, go to in the Grafana console. For details, see Grafana organization management. Permissions The role to assign for all dashboards in the workspace. - Admin: Can manage the dashboards.
- Editor: Can modify the dashboards.
- Viewer: Can only view the dashboards.
For more information, see Grafana organization roles.
After authorization, the account appears in the list on the Account Management page.
- Return to the Workspace Management page, copy the URL of the workspace, and share it with the authorized user.
Log on to Grafana as an authorized user
After receiving the workspace URL from the workspace administrator:
- Log on to the Alibaba Cloud console with your authorized Alibaba Cloud account.
- Open the workspace URL in your browser.
- Click Sign in with Alibaba Cloud. You are now logged on to the Grafana workspace with the permissions assigned to your account.
Modify or revoke account permissions
On the Account Management page, you can reset the Admin password and manage permissions for authorized accounts.
Reset the Admin password
In the upper-right corner of the Account Management page, click Reset Admin Password.
In the dialog box, enter a new password and confirm the change.
Manage account permissions
In the Actions column of the target account:
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Add permissions | Assign the account to an additional Grafana organization and set its role in that organization. |
| Modify permissions | Change the role assigned to the account in a Grafana organization. |
| Delete Permissions | Remove the account from a specific Grafana organization. |
| Delete an account | Revoke all permissions and remove the account from the workspace entirely. |
Related topics
Grafana organization management -- Learn how to create and manage organizations in your Grafana workspace.
Grafana organization roles -- Compare Admin, Editor, and Viewer permissions in detail.