Role-Based Access Control (Enterprise)
Understand the distinct functions and permissions of each user role available through OpenText Core SCA's Role-Based Access Control.
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Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) allows you to grant and enforce access to functionalities and integrated repositories by assigning pre-defined roles to users. To give you better control over what functionality and data can be accessed by different users, these roles are assigned per individual repository. A single user can have one level of access rights for one repository and a different level for another. Anything a user can see and do in an integrated repository is defined by their role.
Default user role
By default, once a new repository is integrated, only the company admin(s) get access to it (apart from the user integrating it), while other users are assigned the No access role. As a company admin, you are able to set the default role to one of your choice (up to the Reviewer role), which will be assigned to users every time a new repository is integrated.
To do so:
Go to Admin tools.
Type your password to enter the administrative mode.
In the Company Settings tab, click the drop-down and select a role of your choice.
User roles
Following are the seven different user roles:
No access
Users with this role can only see the name of the repository, but cannot access any more information.
Viewer
Recommended for non-code contributors who want to view or discuss your project.
Users with this role can:
View repository information
View Start Left information
Add comments
Create exports
Access the API (limited by endpoints)
Developer
Recommended for contributors who should be able to create pull requests and fix vulnerabilities.
Users with this role can:
Access the repository
View repository information
Integrate repositories
Add comments
View Start Left information
Create exports
Access the API (limited by endpoints)
Create Pull Requests
Pause vulnerabilities
Perform manual uploads (only via the API)
Reviewer
Recommended for contributors who need to review and triage vulnerabilities and the like.
Users with this role can:
Access the repository
View repository information
Integrate repositories
Add comments
View Start Left information
Create exports
Access the API (limited by endpoints)
Create Pull Requests
Pause and snooze vulnerabilities
Set and change the review status
Perform manual uploads
Maintainer
Recommended for contributors who don’t need to review and triage, but are able to manage the repository, perform manual uploads, and invite users.
Users with this role can:
Access the repository
View repository information
Integrate repositories
Add comments
View Start Left information
Create exports
Access the API (limited by endpoints)
Create Pull Requests
Pause vulnerabilities
Modify repository automation rules
Edit other users’ permissions (up to own levels)
Invite users
Edit repository use cases
Set the default branch for the repository
Enable or disable GitHub scanning
Delete repositories
Delete commits
Perform manual uploads
Repository admin
Recommended for people who need full access to the repository, including reviews and triaging.
Users with this role can:
Access the repository
View repository information
Integrate repositories
Add comments
View Start Left information
Create exports
Access the API (limited by endpoints)
Create Pull Requests
Pause and snooze vulnerabilities
Modify repository automation rules
Edit other users’ permissions (up to own levels)
Invite users
Edit repository use cases
Set the default branch for the repository
Enable or disable GitHub scanning
Delete the repository
Delete commits
Perform manual uploads
Set and edit the review status
Company admin
The highest level of access. Recommended for people who need full access to all repositories and settings.
Users with this role can perform all actions of a Repository admin and also:
Modify all automation rules
Edit all use cases
Delete the company account
Access billing self-serve
Whitelist email domains
Enforce 2 factor authentication
Change SSO settings
Modify default automations
Toggle allowing or disallowing snooze
Delete other accounts
Disable other accounts
Update account information for other users
Manage policies
Available actions for each user role
View repository information
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View Start Left information
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Access to API
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Create exports
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Add comments
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Access the repository
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Integrate repositories
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Create Pull Requests
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Pause vulnerabilities
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Perform manual uploads
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Snooze vulnerabilities
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Set and change the review status
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Modify automation rules for a given repository
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Edit other users’ permissions (up to own levels)
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Invite users
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Edit repository use cases
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Set the default branch for the repository
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Enable or disable GitHub scanning
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Delete repositories
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Delete commits
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Create access tokens
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Delete the company account
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Access billing self-serve
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Whitelist email domains
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Enforce 2 factor authentication
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Change SSO settings
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Modify default automations
✓
Toggle allowing/disallowing snooze
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Delete other accounts
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Disable other accounts
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Update information for other user
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Manage policies
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Assign roles when inviting new users
Go to Admin tools. You can also go to either Repositories, Vulnerabilities or Dependencies view.
If needed, type your password to enter the administrative mode.
Click Invite users.
Select the repository(s) you want the users to be invited to.
Add the emails of the invitee(s).
Select a user role for each of the invitee.
Click Create invite.
The invitation then shows up in the Invitations to send tab. Here, you can Edit or Delete it if needed.
Once you review it, click Send invite.
The invitation then shows up in Sent invitations. Here, you can withdraw the invitation by clicking Delete.
Modify access for an existing user
Go to Admin tools.
Type your password to enter the administrative mode.
In the Users tab, find a list of users in your company. If you hover over the rule name in the User role column, you can see all of the current roles of that user and their scope(s).
To edit the role, click Edit (pen icon) on the right side of the table.
Click either the Handle access tab, or Handle access button. Here, you can edit the user’s existing role(s) and their scope(s).
To assign a new role click the + button.
For information on configuring user access using API, refer the following topic:
Configuring user access using APILast updated
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