Add Users and Assign Roles

After you set up Splunk Agent Observability, you can add users and assign them roles to grant different levels of access to the system. Access control varies depending on your deployment option. Select the tab for your deployment option to view the documentation.

On-premises
SaaS

The following sections apply to on-premises, standalone, and custom deployments of Splunk Agent Observability.

System-level roles (On-premises)

You can assign users the following roles:

Admin: Full access to the organization, including viewing all projects.
Manager (enterprise only): Can add and remove users.
User: Can create, update, share, and delete projects and resources within projects.
Read-only: Cannot create, update, share, or delete any projects or resources. Limited to view-only permissions.

Free users of Splunk Agent Observability can only use the Admin, User, or Read-only roles. Contact us to explore a paid plan and get full RBAC.

In table form:

	Admin	Manager	User	Read-only
View all projects
Add/delete users		(excluding admins)
Create groups, invite users to groups
Create/update projects
Share projects
View projects	(all)	(only shared)	(only shared)	(only shared)

Add users to your organization (On-premises)

You must have the admin or manager role to add users to your organization.To send email invitations to users, follow these steps:

Log into Splunk Agent Observability.
Select your user profile in the upper-right corner.
Select Users.
Select Invite Users.
Enter the emails of the users you want to invite and the role you want to assign to them. See System-level roles for more information on roles.
Select Invite.

Users receive an email from Splunk Agent Observability with a link to sign up. After you invite a user, their email appears in the Users list.

Assign roles to users (On-premises)

To assign a role to user who is already part of your organization, follow these steps:

Log into Splunk Agent Observability.
Select your user profile in the upper-right corner.
Select Users.
Search for the user’s email. In the row for the user, select their Role and choose a new role from the drop-down menu.

Access Control

Learn about access control and related features.

The following sections apply to SaaS deployments integrated with Splunk Observability Cloud.Splunk Agent Observability users need an agent_observability role to view and manage Agent Observability resources. Agent Observability roles are different from standard Splunk Observability Cloud roles.

System-level roles (SaaS)

You can assign users the following roles:

agent_observability_admin: Full access to the organization, including viewing all projects.
agent_observability_manager: Can add and remove users.
agent_observability_user: Can create, update, share, and delete projects and resources within projects.
agent_observability_read_only: Cannot create, update, share, or delete any projects or resources. Limited to view-only permissions.

In table form:

	agent_observability_admin	agent_observability_manager	agent_observability_user	agent_observability_read_only
View all projects
Add/delete users		(excluding admins)
Create groups, invite users to groups
Create/update projects
Share projects
View projects	(all)	(only shared)	(only shared)	(only shared)

Add users to your organization (SaaS)

You must have the agent_observability_admin or agent_observability_manager role to add users to your organization.To send email invitations to users, follow these steps:

From the Splunk Observability main menu, select Settings.
Select Users.
Select Invite Users.
Enter the emails of the users you want to invite and the role(s) you want to assign to them.
To view or manage Agent Observability resources, users need an agent_observability role. See System-level roles for more information on roles.
Select Send Invitation.

Users receive an email from Splunk Observability Cloud with a link to sign up. After they sign up, their names appear in the Settings > Users list.

Assign roles to users (SaaS)

To assign roles to a user who is already a member of your organization, follow these steps:

In the Splunk Observability Cloud main menu, select Settings > Users.
Find the name of the user.
Select the actions (⋮) menu icon next to the username, then select Manage Roles.
Assign an agent_observability role. For example: See System-level roles for more information on roles.
Select Assign Roles to confirm.

For more information on assigning roles, see Assign roles to users in Splunk Observability Cloud.

Access Control

Learn about access control and related features.

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System-level roles (On-premises)

Add users to your organization (On-premises)

Assign roles to users (On-premises)

Access Control

System-level roles (SaaS)

Add users to your organization (SaaS)

Assign roles to users (SaaS)

Access Control

Manage users and teams

​System-level roles (On-premises)

​Add users to your organization (On-premises)

​Assign roles to users (On-premises)

​Related resources (On-premises)

Access Control

​System-level roles (SaaS)

​Add users to your organization (SaaS)

​Assign roles to users (SaaS)

​Related resources (SaaS)

Access Control

Manage users and teams

System-level roles (On-premises)

Add users to your organization (On-premises)

Assign roles to users (On-premises)

Related resources (On-premises)

System-level roles (SaaS)

Add users to your organization (SaaS)

Assign roles to users (SaaS)

Related resources (SaaS)