Assigning a Cloudera Observability On-Premises system admin access role

Steps for assigning a System Admin access role to your Cloudera Observability On-Premises users.

Describes how to assign a Cloudera Observability On-Premises Role Based Access (RBAC) role for a system administrator. This access role has full access rights and system administrator privileges across all clusters within the Cloudera Observability On-Premises environment and can create your Cloudera Observability On-Premises Cluster Policies that define your access roles.
This task assumes that you have:
  • Enabled role based access in Cloudera Manager. For more information, click the Related Information link below.
  • Created a default systems administrator, also known as a default super user, in Cloudera Manager.
  1. In a supported web browser log in to Cloudera Observability On-Premises as the user with default systems administrator privileges.
    1. In the URL field of a supported web browser, enter the Cloudera Observability On-Premises URL and press Enter.
    2. When the Cloudera Observability On-Premises Log in page opens, enter your Cloudera Observability On-Premises user name and password access credentials.
    3. Click Log in.
      The Cloudera Observability On-Premises landing page opens.
  2. Verify that you have enabled role based access in Cloudera Manager. For more information, click the Related Information link below.
  3. Open the Access Management feature, by entering access at the end of the Cloudera Observability On-Premises UI's URL. For example, http://obs_console_server_hostname:port_number/observability/index.html#/access
    Where,
    • obs_console_server_hostname is the host name of the machine on which the Console server is installed in your Cloudera Observability On-Premises cluster.
    • port_number is the port number for the Console Server.
  4. In the Access Management page, click New Cluster Policy.
    The Create Cluster Policy page opens.
  5. Do one or more of the following:
    1. In the Groups field, enter the name of the LDAP administration group account whose users will be assigned this cluster policy's access role.
    2. In the Users field, enter the user name or user names who will be assigned this cluster policy's access role.
  6. From the Assign Roles list, select System Admin.
  7. Click Create.
The Successfully created access policy message appears when the Cluster Policy is created and the policy is displayed in the Access Management’s home page.