Administering users and permissions

Under Account > Permissions you manage users associated with a Paragon Active Assurance account, and their privileges. You can invite new users, remove users, and change permissions for each user individually.

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To invite a new user, enter the user’s email address and the permissions the user should have, then click the Invite button. Paragon Active Assurance will now send a welcome email to the address given.

The permission levels are Admin, Write, and Read. Over and above this, there are also Test Agent registration users which are only permitted to download and register Test Agents and nothing else. Such users are managed on a different page: read more here.

The permission hierarchy is Admin > Write > Read. Anything granted at one permission level is also granted at higher permission levels.

User permissions required for Paragon Active Assurance operations

All viewing of elements in the GUI can be done with Read permissions.

Read permissions are also sufficient for a few other operations, as detailed below.

For other operations that affect the state of Paragon Active Assurance (edit, start/stop, delete, etc. in various contexts), Write permissions are required for the most part. However, some operations require Admin permissions. The following applies:

  • Users

    • Edit profile, change password for user currently logged in: Read

    • Invite new users and set their permissions: Admin

  • Account setup

    • SIP channels, Y.1731 MEPs, IPTV channels, TWAMP reflectors: Write

  • Test Agents

    • Register Test Agent: Admin or Register only

    • Assign license to Test Agent: Read

    • Release license from Test Agent: Admin

    • Edit Test Agent properties: Write

    • Share Test Agents: Admin

    • Update Test Agent software: Admin

  • Tests

    • Create, start, stop, rerun, delete tests: Write

    • Work with templates: Write

    • Share tests: Admin

  • Monitors

    • Create, edit, start, stop, delete monitors: Write

    • Work with templates: Write

    • Share monitors: Admin

  • Applications

    • Packet capture: Write

    • Speedtest: Write

  • Favorites (add, remove): Write

  • Share measurement results: Admin

  • Reports (create, edit, delete): Write

  • Tags (add to item, remove from item, delete): Write

  • Alarms (all operations): Write