Creating a user group
Group users if you want to assign the same roles to them. For example, you may want to group employees with the same job duties or from the same department. You can group users by any attribute.
To form a group of users, create it and add users to it.
Create a group
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Log in
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Go to Yandex Cloud Organization
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In the left-hand panel, select Groups
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In the top-right corner, click Create group and enter a group name and description.
The name must be unique within the organization and satisfy the relevant requirements:
- It must be from 1 to 63 characters long.
- It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
Terraform
For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform
If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.
If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.
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In the configuration file, describe the group parameters:
resource "yandex_organizationmanager_group" "my-group" { name = "<group_name>" description = "<group_description>" organization_id = "<organization_ID>" }
Where:
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name
: Group name. The name must be unique within the organization and satisfy the relevant requirements:- It must be from 1 to 63 characters long.
- It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.
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description
: Group description. This is an optional parameter. -
organization_id
: ID of the organization to add the group to.
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Create resources:
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In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.
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Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:
terraform validate
If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:
Success! The configuration is valid.
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Run the command:
terraform plan
The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.
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Apply the configuration changes:
terraform apply
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Confirm the changes: type
yes
in the terminal and press Enter.
Terraform will create all the required resources. You can check the new resources and their configuration using the management console
or this CLI command:yc organization-manager group list --organization-id=<organization_ID>
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Add users to the group
- Go to Yandex Cloud Organization
. - In the left-hand panel, select Groups
and click the line with the group name. - Go to the Members tab.
- Click Add member.
- In the Adding participants window, select users from the list or search by user. You can also add service accounts to a group.
- Click Save.
Terraform
For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform
If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.
If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.
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In the configuration file, describe the new group members:
resource "yandex_organizationmanager_group_membership" "group-members" { group_id = "<group_ID>" members = [ "<member_1_ID>", "<member_2_ID>" ] }
Where:
organization_id
: ID of the group to add the members to.members
: IDs of the members to be added to the group.
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Create resources:
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In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.
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Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:
terraform validate
If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:
Success! The configuration is valid.
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Run the command:
terraform plan
The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.
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Apply the configuration changes:
terraform apply
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Confirm the changes: type
yes
in the terminal and press Enter.
Terraform will create all the required resources. You can check the new resources and their configuration using the management console
or this CLI command:yc organization-manager group --name=<group_name> list-members --organization-id=<organization_ID>
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