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Assigning a user as organization administrator

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Updated at May 13, 2025
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  1. Log in to Yandex Cloud Organization using an administrator or organization owner account.

  2. In the left-hand panel, select Access bindings.

  3. At the top right, click Assign bindings.

  4. Select the user you want to assign as an administrator. If required, use the search bar.

  5. Click Add role and select one of the roles:

    • organization-manager.admin.
    • organization-manager.organizations.owner.
  6. Click Save.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud (CLI) command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

  1. Get the user ID.

  2. Assign the role using this command:

    yc organization-manager organization add-access-binding <organization_name_or_ID> \
      --role <role_ID> \
      --subject userAccount:<user_ID>
    

    Where:

    • --role: Role ID. Specify either the organization-manager.admin or organization-manager.organizations.owner role.
    • --subject: User ID.

    For example, this command assigns the administrator role for the organization with the bpf3crucp1v2******** ID:

    yc organization-manager organization add-access-binding bpf3crucp1v2******** \
      --role organization-manager.admin \
      --subject userAccount:aje6o61dvog2********
    

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

  1. Describe the parameters of the roles you assign in the configuration file:

    resource "yandex_organizationmanager_organization_iam_binding" "org_admin_role" {
      organization_id = "<organization_ID>"
      role = "<role_ID>"
      members = [
        "userAccount:<user_ID>",
      ]
    }
    

    Where:

    • organization_id: Organization ID.
    • role: Specify either the organization-manager.admin or organization-manager.organizations.owner role. For each role, you can only use one yandex_organization manager_organization_iam_binding resource.
    • userAccount:<user_ID>: ID of the user Yandex account.

    To learn more about the resources you can create with Terraform, see the Terraform documentation.

  2. Create the resources:

    1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

    2. 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.
      
    3. 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.

    4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      
    5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

The user will thus be assigned the organization administrator role. You can check the new role in the management console.

Use the REST API method updateAccessBindings for the Organization resource or the gRPC API call OrganizationService/UpdateAccessBindings and provide the following in the request:

  • organization-manager.admin or organization-manager.organizations.owner role ID in the roleId parameter for the REST API or role_id for the gRPC API.
  • User ID and type in the subject section.

See alsoSee also

  • Setting up service account access permissions
  • Setting up cloud access permissions
  • Setting up folder access permissions

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