FlexDeploy provides its own proprietary repository for managing security, including users, groups, and permissions. The implementation provides a fine-grained permission model so that groups can be configured to match the roles and responsibilities of any organization. FlexDeploy also supports LDAP and Active Directory integration for user authentication. Additionally, you can also enable Single Sign-On and Multi Factor Authentication using external service or corporate security solution.

Security administration is restricted to FlexDeploy Administrators only.

Security Administration

See authentication and authorization summary details below for quick reference.

Authentication

You can configure users in FlexDeploy internal realm or use external LDAP server.

See Users to maintain users in FlexDeploy internal realm. If you use this option then you are not relying on external directory servers.
You can use an LDAP server for authentication and authorization. See Realms for reference. A FlexDeploy user record will still be created when users from your external LDAP server login for the first time. See new user process on Realms page.
You can use both internal as well external realm for users. Users will be authenticated in the order defined on the Realms page.

Authorization

In order to control access to various parts of FlexDeploy, you will be configuring permissions for FlexDeploy groups. FlexDeploy supports coarse and finer grained permissions, see below for details.

Permissions are controlled using FlexDeploy Groups even when using external realm. When using external realm, you can map external directory groups to FlexDeploy groups. Group mapping allows for less security maintenance when new users start using FlexDeploy.

Use global permissions to control access to various objects in FlexDeploy. Global permissions do not control access at individual item level but rather at entire object level, i.e. if you grant Create / Update access for Workflow to group, members of that group can create or update any workflow. See Global Permissions for more information.
Use deploy permissions to restrict available environments on deployment request form. See Deploy Permissions. For example, if you want to restrict specific group of users from deploying environments other than development and test, then configure deployment permissions accordingly. Alternatively, you can allow for deployment to all environments and setup approvals using FlexDeploy approvals or external change management system approvals.
Finer grained permissions
1. Project - control access (read, create, configure, execute etc.) to specific projects for FlexDeploy groups. You can configure this for a project or folder. Configurations at folder level apply to all projects contained in it. See Project Security. This model allows for restricting configuration edits of projects to specific groups and still allow others to view and execute build / deploy on projects.
2. Release - control access (read, configure, execute etc.) to specific release for FlexDeploy groups. You can configure this using global permissions and override at specific release as necessary. See Release Security.
3. Pipeline - control access (abort, replay, skip etc.) on pipeline execution. Pipeline allows for abstraction in to roles that are mapped to FlexDeploy group and/or users. For example, developers, leaders, managers, operators etc. are some examples of pipeline roles. You can define permissions on each pipeline role. See Pipeline team security.
4. Some object types allow permissions to be granted for an individual instance of the object, for instance, you can give permission to update the EBS target group to the EBS lead, but not allow them to modify other target groups.

Permission Matrix

Object Type	Permission	Notes	General Recommendation

Object Type	Permission	Notes	General Recommendation
Approval Setup	Read	Approvals (outside of pipeline) can be read.	All Users
Approval Setup	Create / Update	Approvals (outside of pipeline) can be created and updated.	Change Management/Operations
Credential	Read	Credential details can be read. Note that secret text like password can never be read in clear text, hence you can only see details necessary to request credential from store.	All Users
Credential	Create / Update	Credential details including secret text like password can be be entered.	FD Administrators, DBA, Middleware Administrators
Credential	Delete	Credential can be deleted if not used.	FD Administrators, DBA, Middleware Administrators
Credential Store	Read	Credential store details can be read. Management of stores is restricted for Administrators.	All Users
Credential Store Provider	Read	Credential store providers can be read. Management of store providers is restricted for Administrators.	All Users
Defaults	Read	Defaults can be read. Defaults allow some customizable defaults when new objects are created in FlexDeploy.	All Users
Defaults	Update	Defaults configuration can be updated.	FD Administrators
Endpoint	Read	Endpoint (SSH configuration) to connect to target nodes can be read.	All Users
Endpoint	Update	Endpoint (SSH configuration) to connect to target nodes can be created and updated.	FD Administrators
Environment	Read	Topology object read permission.	All Users
Environment	Create / Update	Topology environment can be created and updated.	FD Administrators
File Type	Read	File Type details (Match script, default scripts, etc.) can be read. File Types apply to specific Package-based projects.	All Users
File Type	Update	File Type details can be updated.	FD Administrators
FlexField	Read	FlexField configurations can be read. FlexFields are custom inputs to build and deploy workflow requests.	All Users
FlexField	Update	FlexFields can be configured (enabled)	FD Administrators
Group	Read	Group information can be read. Group management is restricted to Administrator users.	All Users
Integration Accounts	Read	Integration Accounts can be read. Integration Accounts are connection details for Source Repository, Change and Issue Management System, Cloud Providers, and more.	All Users
Integration Accounts	Create / Update Delete	Integration Accounts can be created, updated, or deleted.	FD Administrators
Integration Providers	Read	Integration Providers can be read. Integration Providers represent other DevOps tools useful in CI/CD process.	All Users
Integration Providers	Create / Update Delete	Integration Providers can be created, updated, or deleted.	FD Administrators
Notification Setup	Read	Configured notifications (email) can be read.	All Users
Notification Setup	Create / Update	Additional notifications (email) can be created and updated.	All Users
Notification Setup	Delete	Additional notifications (email) can be deleted.	All Users
Notification Templates	Read	Notification Templates can be read	All Users
Notification Templates	Create / Update	Custom Notification Templates can be created and updated	FD Administrators
Pipeline	Read	Pipeline can be read. Pipeline defined promotion process through various environments.	All Users
Pipeline	Update	Pipeline can be created or updated.	FD Administrators
Plugin	Read	Plugin details can be read.	All Users
Plugin	Upload	Plugin can be uploaded and activated. Generally restricted to Administrators.	FD Administrators
Realm	Read	Realm information can be read. Realm configuration is restricted to Administrator users.	All Users
Release¹	Read	Release (collection of projects for specific delivery) can be read. Release permissions can be overridden for individual Releases as well.	All Users
Release¹	Create/Update	Release (collection of projects for specific delivery) can be created and updated.	Change Management/Operations
Release¹	Create Snapshot	Create snapshot is process of including build version in to release. Developer can be responsible for this as well.	Developers, Technical Leads
Release¹	Configure Project List	Projects and packages can be added or removed from release.	Developers, Technical Leads
Release¹	Configure Pipeline	Pipeline can be configured on release with this permission. Access to Override members on Teams tab is also controlled by this permission.	Change Management/Operations
Release¹	Manage Lifecycle	Release start, pause, end actions are allowed with this permission.	Change Management/Operations
Release¹	Grant Permissions	Release permission can be changed with this permission, otherwise Administrator users can configure permissions.	FD Administrators
Report	Read	Reports can be read.	All Users
Resource Type
Scheduled Task	Read	Scheduled task (deployment outside of pipeline waiting for schedule) can be read.	All Users
Scheduled Task	Update	Scheduled task (deployment outside of pipeline waiting for schedule) can be overridden, allows immediate run of deployment.	Change Management/Operations
Scheduled Window Setup	Read	Schedule Windows (for Project execution) can be read. Schedule Windows are setup on Folder and applies to all projects under it, unless overridden in folder hierarchy.	All Users
Scheduled Window Setup	Create / Update Delete	Schedule Windows (for Project execution) can be created, updated, or deleted.	FD Administrators
Target Group	Read	Target Group can be read. Read permission can be overridden for individual Target Groups as well. Target Group is set of similar technology systems that you will deploy to in various Environments.	All Users
Target Group	Create	Target Group can be created.	FD Administrators
Target Group	Update / Delete	Target Group can be updated, or deleted. Update permission can be overridden for individual Target Groups as well.	FD Administrators Technical Leads for individual target groups
User	Read	User information can be read. Users management is restricted to Administrator users.	All Users
Webhook Functions	Read	Webhook functions can be read.	All Users
Webhook Functions	Create / Update	Webhook functions can be created and updated.	Technical Leads, Developers
Webhook Functions	Delete	Webhook functions can be deleted.	Technical Leads / FD Administrators
Webhook Listener	Read	Webhook Listener can be read.	All Users
Webhook Listener	Create / Update	Webhook Listener can be created or updated.	Technical Leads / FD Administrators
Webhook Messages	Read - View Tracking	Webhook messages screen can be viewed.	All Users
Webhook Messages	View Logs	Webhook message logs can be viewed.	Technical Leads, Developers
Webhook Messages	View Content	Webhook message payload, query params and headers can be viewed.	Technical Leads, Developers
Webhook Messages	Execute - Resubmit Message	Webhook message can be resubmitted.	Technical Leads, Developers
Webhook Providers	Read	Webhook providers can be viewed.	All Users
Webhook Providers	Create / Update	Webhook providers can be created and updated.	Technical Leads, Developers
Work Item	Create / Modify Fields	Work Items can be created and fields can be modified, such as assignee, status, type etc.	Technical Leads, Developers
Work Item	Delete	Work Items can be deleted.	Technical Leads / FD Administrators
Work Item	Comments and Attachment Create	Fields cannot be modified but comments and attachments can be added.	All Users
Workflow	Read	Workflow (build, deploy, test etc.) can be read. This contains execution code for build and deployment.	All Users
Workflow	Create / Update	Workflow (build, deploy, test etc.) can be created or updated. This contains execution code for build and deployment.	FD Administrators

1 - Release level permissions can be setup for individual release.