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In this article:

  • Access management
  • Resources you can assign a role for
  • Roles this service has
  • Service roles
  • Primitive roles
  • What roles do I need

Access management in SmartCaptcha

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Updated at November 5, 2025
  • Access management
  • Resources you can assign a role for
  • Roles this service has
    • Service roles
    • Primitive roles
  • What roles do I need

In this section, you will learn about:

  • Resources you can assign a role for.
  • What roles this service has.

Access managementAccess management

Yandex Identity and Access Management checks all operations in Yandex Cloud. If an entity does not have required permissions, IAM returns an error.

To grant permissions for a resource, assign the relevant resource roles to an entity performing operations. You can assign roles to a Yandex account, service account, local user, federated user, user group, system group, or public group. For more information, see How access management works in Yandex Cloud.

To assign a role for a resource, a user should have the smart-captcha.admin role or one of the following roles for that resource:

  • admin
  • resource-manager.admin
  • organization-manager.admin
  • resource-manager.clouds.owner
  • organization-manager.organizations.owner

Resources you can assign a role forResources you can assign a role for

You can assign a role for an organization, cloud, or folder. Roles assigned for an organization, cloud, or folder also apply to the CAPTCHAs in them.

Roles this service hasRoles this service has

The chart below shows service’s roles and their permission inheritance. For example, editor inherits all viewer permissions. You can find role descriptions below the chart.

Service rolesService roles

smart-captcha.auditorsmart-captcha.auditor

The smart-captcha.auditor role enables viewing info on CAPTCHAs and access permissions assigned to them.

smart-captcha.viewersmart-captcha.viewer

The smart-captcha.viewer role enables viewing info on CAPTCHAs and access permissions assigned to them, as well as getting CAPTCHA keys.

This role includes the smart-captcha.auditor permissions.

smart-captcha.editorsmart-captcha.editor

The smart-captcha.editor role enables you to manage CAPTCHAs, view info on them, and get CAPTCHA keys.

Users with this role can:

  • View info on CAPTCHAs and create, modify, and delete them.
  • View info on CAPTCHA access permissions.
  • Get CAPTCHA keys.

This role includes the smart-captcha.viewer permissions.

smart-captcha.adminsmart-captcha.admin

The smart-captcha.admin role enables managing CAPTCHAs and access to them, as well as getting CAPTCHA keys.

Users with this role can:

  • View info on CAPTCHAs and create, modify, and delete them.
  • View info on access permissions assigned for CAPTCHAs and modify such permissions.
  • Get CAPTCHA keys.

This role includes the smart-captcha.editor permissions.

Primitive rolesPrimitive roles

Primitive roles allow users to perform actions in all Yandex Cloud services.

auditorauditor

The auditor role grants a permission to read configuration and metadata of any Yandex Cloud resources without any access to data.

For instance, users with this role can:

  • View info on a resource.
  • View the resource metadata.
  • View the list of operations with a resource.

auditor is the most secure role that does not grant any access to the service data. This role suits the users who need minimum access to the Yandex Cloud resources.

viewerviewer

The viewer role grants the permissions to read the info on any Yandex Cloud resources.

This role includes the auditor permissions.

Unlike auditor, the viewer role provides access to service data in read mode.

editoreditor

The editor role provides permissions to manage any Yandex Cloud resources, except for assigning roles to other users, transferring organization ownership, removing an organization, and deleting Key Management Service encryption keys.

For instance, users with this role can create, modify, and delete resources.

This role includes the viewer permissions.

adminadmin

The admin role enables assigning any roles, except for resource-manager.clouds.owner and organization-manager.organizations.owner, and provides permissions to manage any Yandex Cloud resources (except for transferring organization ownership and removing an organization).

Prior to assigning the admin role for an organization, cloud, or billing account, make sure to check out the information on protecting privileged accounts.

This role includes the editor permissions.

Instead of primitive roles, we recommend using service roles with more granular access control, allowing you to implement the least privilege principle.

For more information about primitive roles, see the Yandex Cloud role reference.

What roles do I needWhat roles do I need

The table shows actions and minimum roles required to perform them. You can always assign a role offering more permissions than the one specified in the table. For example, you can assign smart-captcha.editor instead of smart-captcha.viewer.

Action User role
Viewing CAPTCHA information smart-captcha.viewer
Creating a CAPTCHA smart-captcha.editor
Editing a CAPTCHA smart-captcha.editor
Deleting a CAPTCHA smart-captcha.editor
Managing roles of CAPTCHA users smart-captcha.admin

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