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Give users access

Cloudera Data Flow restricts who can import flow definitions and deploy them. To get started with Cloudera Data Flow, you must grant users permissions to perform these tasks so that they can import and deploy flow definitions in Cloudera Data Flow.

To get started with importing and deploying flow definitions, a user must have at least the following Cloudera Data Flow roles:

  • DFCatalogPublisher – To import flow definitions to the Cloudera Data Flow Catalog
  • DFFlowAdmin – To deploy flow definitions in Cloudera Data Flow
  • You must have PowerUser role.
  • You must know the user or group name to which you want to grant Cloudera Data Flow user access roles.
  1. Give a user permission to import flow definitions.
    1. From Cloudera Management Console, click User Management.
    2. Enter the name of the user or group you want to authorize in the Search field.
    3. Select the user or group from the list that displays.
    4. Go to Actions > Update Roles to display the Update Roles modal window.
    5. Select the DFCatalogPublisher checkbox form the available roles and click the Update button.
  2. Give a user or group permission to deploy flow definitions.
    1. From Cloudera Management Console, click Environments to display the Environment / List page.
    2. Select the environment where you want the user or group to deploy flow definitions.
    3. Go to Actions > Manage Access to display the Environments Access page.
    4. Find the user or group o whom you want to grant the DFFlowAdmin role and click the Update Roles button.
    5. On the Update Resource Roles for modal window. select the DFFlowAdmin checkbox from the available roles.
    6. Click the Update Roles button.

When you have finished giving user or groups permission to import and deploy flow definitions, proceed by importing a flow definition.