Admin users and roles

This topic describes the different types of admin users and their predefined roles and permissions.

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Predefined admin roles

This section lists the predefined admin roles (in order of hierarchy) that can be assigned to a user in LoadRunner Enterprise. For details on assigning an admin user role, see Create or edit a user.

The predefined admin roles have a set of preset permissions and modules that they can access in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration.

Non-admin users don't have permissions to access or use LoadRunner Enterprise Administration.

User Role	Module Access
Site Admin	Full access to all modules in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration. For a Site Admin user, all Admin roles are displayed in the Roles and Permissions page. Note: The first site administrator user created in LoadRunner Enterprise during installation cannot be deleted or modified by any other site administrator user, including by him/herself.
Admin Viewer	Has read-only permissions in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration. An Admin Viewer can perform actions that do not affect the database, such as filter or sort grids and generate reports. All other functionality (adding, deleting, and updating) is not available.
Tenant Admin	Has the following restrictions in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration: The Servers and System Health modules are not available, together with the File Repository tab in Site Configuration. Read-only permissions on the Licenses module, except for license keys which are hidden. Read-only permissions over hosts, with the exception of being able to check hosts, reconfigure hosts, and update host status in the Hosts tab, add or edit pools and locations in the Pools and Locations tabs, and assign hosts to pools in the Pools tab. In addition, a Tenant Admin user has full permissions over Tenant private LGs*. The Tenant Admin user cannot manage MI Listeners. Only the Tenant Admin and lower roles (Project Admin) are displayed in the Roles and Permissions page.
Project Admin	Has permissions only to assign users to projects to which the Project Admin is assigned. All modules are hidden except the Users module.

*Tenant private LGs can be either:

• Standalone load generators where the configured location is Over firewall and an MI listener is assigned. For details, see Manage host locations and Specify MI Listeners.

• Cloud-based load generators where the host's source is Cloud and the host was provisioned from a cloud provider. For details, see Add cloud-provisioned hosts to your lab.

General user role level rules

• Users. A user can view all users, but can only update users that have the same, or a lower-level role (exception, assigning projects is allowed).

• Access keys: A user can view all access keys, but can only add, delete, activate, or deactivate for users that have the same or a lower-level role.

• Only the modules that are listed in an admin user's role are displayed in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration. For details on roles and permissions, see Admin user role permissions.

• Site Management. Only Site Management users and the user defined during LoadRunner Enterprise installation can access the Site Management console. For details, see Multi-tenancy.

• Predefined roles cannot be customized, and are indicated by "System" in the upper-right side of the panel.

• Only those projects that are within your role's permissions are displayed in the Assign Projects grid.

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Admin user role permissions

Permissions are assigned to roles, and are organized into permission categories (maintenance, configuration, management, and reports) and then by module.

To see the permissions available by role, select Management > Roles and Permissions > Admin Roles, and select each role.

Permission categories

The following tables list the modules and permissions that are available to each user role in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration. (Module displayed) indicates for which user roles the specified module is displayed. A check mark () indicates that a user role has permissions to perform the listed actions.

Maintenance permissions

Module	Permissions	Site Admin	Admin Viewer	Tenant Admin	Project Admin
Hosts	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Hosts: Create, Delete, Update, Kill Process, Reboot, Configure LR Agent
	Hosts: Check Host, Reconfigure Host, Update Host Status
	Tenant Private LGs: Create, Delete, Update, Check Host, Reconfigure Host, Configure LR agent, Update Host Status
	MI Listener: Create, Delete, Update
	Locations: Create, Delete, Update
	Pools: Create, Delete, Update, Assign Hosts to Pools
	Host Attributes: Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Hosts
Runs	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Delete, Update, Manage DP Queue
Timeslots	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Create, Delete, Update, Abort
System Health	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Health Check: Run Check Maintenance Tasks: Update

Configuration permissions

Module	Permissions	Site Admin	Admin Viewer	Tenant Admin	Project Admin
Integrations	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Analysis Servers: Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Projects Disruption Provider: Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Projects
Orchestration	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Create, Delete, Update, Assign Projects to Orchestrator, Assign Images to orchestrator
Cloud	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Cloud Accounts: Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Projects Cloud Templates: Create, Delete, Update
Licenses	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Create, Delete
Servers	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	No	No
	LRE Server: Create, Delete, Update SMTP Server: Update
Alerts	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Projects
System Configuration	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Authentication Type - Update

Management permissions

Module	Permissions	Site Admin	Admin Viewer	Tenant Admin	Project Admin
Roles and Permissions	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Manage Admin Roles, Create Project Role, Update Project Role, Delete Project Role
Users	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Users: Create, Delete, Update, Assign to Projects, Create Admin User Access Keys: Create, Delete, Activate				(except Assign to Project)
Projects	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Projects: Create, Delete, Update, Migrate Project, Upgrade Project, Remove Projects, Restore Project Domains: Create, Delete
Audit	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Report permissions

Module	Permissions	Site Admin	Admin Viewer	Tenant Admin	Project Admin
Reports	(Module displayed)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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Define a Site Admin user

As a site administrator, you can create and maintain domains and projects, manage users, connections, licenses, define servers, and modify configurations. For details on administration tasks, see Key tasks.

Only a site administrator user can define other LoadRunner Enterprise users as site administrators. For details on the different types of administrator users, see Predefined admin roles.

To secure the information in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration, ensure that each user you add as a site administrator has a password defined. For details, see Change a user's password.

To define site administrators:

1. In LoadRunner Enterprise Administration, select Management > Users and click the Users tab.

2. On the Users toolbar, click Add User .

3. Select the Admin User check box, and choose Site Admin.

   For details on user settings, see Create or edit a user.

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Change the initial Site Admin user password

You can change the password of the initial LRE Admin User created during LoadRunner Enterprise installation or configuration from a single centralized location. The password is automatically synchronized across all locations where it is stored in the product to prevent password mismatch.

For a single-tenant environment, changing the initial Site Admin user password in LoadRunner Enterprise Administration automatically synchronizes the password in Site Management.

For a multi-tenant environment, you can only change the password from Site Management. The updated password is reflected in all new tenants.

To change the LRE Admin User password:

1. In LoadRunner Enterprise Administration, select the Users tab.

   Note: In a multi-tenancy environment, you can only change the password from the Users tab in Site Management.

2. In the Users grid, click the User Name link of the LRE Admin User.

3. In the user details page, click Change adjacent to Change Password, enter a new password, and retype to confirm.

   Note: This is not available when using LDAP or SSO authentication.

4. Click Save to save the change.

Guidelines for changing the LRE Admin User password

When changing the password from Site Management, the following rules are followed:

• If a tenant does not contain an LRE Admin user, this user is created automatically.

• If a tenant has an LRE Admin user with a different user name, the operation fails with an error for that tenant and logs an error.

• If a tenant already contains the same user name with a different permission level, the operation fails with an error for that tenant (an error appears for this in the logs).

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