Managing roles in Manager

You can view and manage roles in ArcGIS Server Manager. The Security module in Manager contains a Roles page where you can view and manage your roles.

The features available on this page vary depending on your identity store. If you are using the ArcGIS Server built-in store, you can add, modify, and delete roles in Manager. If you're using an enterprise identity provider, such as LDAP or Active Directory, you can only view and search the list of roles. You cannot add new roles or modify a role's properties.

To view and manage roles in Manager, select one of the topics listed below:

• Viewing roles
• Searching for a role
• Adding a new role
• Modifying a role
• Deleting a role

Viewing roles

To view the roles in your identity store, follow the steps below.

1. Open Manager and log in. If you need help with this step, see Logging in to Manager.
2. Click Security > Roles.

Manager only displays the first 1,000 roles in your identity store. However, Manager offers a Search tool that you can use to locate and view the properties of a role. This is especially convenient when your identity store contains a large number of roles. To find a role using the Search tool, see the next section in this topic.

Note:

On the Roles Page, only roles belonging to the same domain as the ArcGIS Server site are displayed. To view roles belonging to other domains, you'll need to use the Search tool.

Finding a role with the Search tool

To search for a role in Manager, follow the steps below.

1. Open Manager and log in. If you need help with this step, see Logging in to Manager.
2. Click Security > Roles.
3. Enter the name of the role in the Find Role dialog box.

   Note:

   If you're using an enterprise identity provider, such as LDAP or Active Directory, you can also enter the first few characters of the role name or use the asterisk (*) character to replace one or more characters in the role name. For example, to locate a role named ArcGIS Administrators, you can use the search string "*Administrators" or "ArcGIS*".

   Note:

   The search string [role name] only locates roles belonging to the same domain as the ArcGIS Server site. To locate a specific role in a different domain, use the search string [domain]\[role name]. To list all of the roles in different domain, use the search string [domain]\.

4. Click the Search button to view the results of your query.

Deleting a role

You can delete a role in Manager by following the steps below.

Note:

If your roles are stored in an enterprise identity provider, such as LDAP or Active Directory, you will need to use that product's user management tool to delete roles.

1. Open Manager and log in as the primary site administrator or a user with administrative access. If you need help with this step, see Logging in to Manager.
2. Click Security > Roles.
3. Click the Delete button corresponding to that role.
4. Click Yes when prompted to confirm that you want to delete the role.