Using roles for access management in Venafi Configuration Console

When an identity accesses applications through the API, what they can do is determined by the role that is assigned to their identity.

List of oAuth roles

The following table lists the roles used for access management, and what rights they have.

OAuth roles
Role	Access details
User	Any identity that has not specifically assigned a different role automatically has the User role. The User role cannot be assigned directly.
Auditor	Can see everything but change nothing The Auditor role is automatically given to an identity that has Trust Protection Platform auditor rights. It can also be assigned directly to any identity.
Application Maintainer	Can modify the properties (such as name, scope, description) of specific applications This role can be assigned by an Admin or by the Application Owner.
Application Owner	Can modify and delete applications they own Can modify and delete rules related to applications they own Can revoke grants issued for applications they own Can assign and revoke the maintainer role for applications they own Can assign and revoke the owner role for applications they own This role can only be assigned by an Admin.
Mixed Owner/Maintainer	Indicates that the user is the Application Maintainer of at least one application and the Application Owner of at least one application. This role cannot be directly assigned but is implied from a user being assigned the Application Owner and Application Maintainer roles.
Grant Admin	Can view all applications and rules Can view and revoke all grants for a user This role is intended for users or processes performing off-boarding tasks This role can be assigned by an Admin.
Admin	Can create, modify and delete applications Can create, modify and delete rules Can issue and revoke grants Can assign and revoke Application Maintainer and Application Owner roles for any application Can assign and revoke the Admin role Can configure global settings (session parameters, auth parameters, etc.) Any master administrator automatically has this role, but it can also explicitly be assigned to regular identities by an existing OAuth Admin.

Assign a role to an identity

Connect to the Venafi Configuration Console on the Venafi server, or use the Venafi Access Management MMC snap-in to connect to the server you want to manage.
From the Venafi Access Management node, click Roles.
In the Actions panel, click Assign....
Select the role you want to assign.
In the To: field, locate the user or group to be assigned the specified role.
[Conditional] If the new role is Application Maintainer or Application Owner, select which application this role applies to.
Click OK.

Revoke a role from an identity

Connect to the Venafi Configuration Console on the Venafi server, or use the Venafi Access Management MMC snap-in to connect to the server you want to manage.
From the Venafi Access Management node, click Roles.
Locate the role you want to revoke.
In the Actions panel, click Revoke....
[Conditional] If a confirmation modal appears, click Yes.