Predefined User Roles Overview

Paragon Automation provides four predefined roles to manage access privileges of users, based on the tasks users need to perform.

A superuser creates an organization, adds users to predefined roles depending on the requirements of the organization. For example, an organization with a large number of networking devices would require multiple users performing different roles to efficiently manage the organization, whereas, in a small organization, a single user can perform all the four roles. Different types of users in an organization, such as a network architect, network planner, NOC engineer, and field technician, all derive their access privileges from the predefined roles assigned to them.

User Roles and their Responsibilities

The four predefined roles are:

• Super User

  • Is the administrator of the organization.

  • Creates organization, invites users, assigns user roles, creates sites, adopts devices, and so on.

  • A superuser doesn’t need to be a person with a high-level of networking domain expertise.

• Network Admin

  • Is a networking expert who monitors, verifies, and troubleshoots an organization's network.

• Observer

  • Monitors events in the organization's network.

  • An Observer cannot take corrective action. The observer brings issues to the notice of the network administrator for resolution.

• Installer

  • Onboards devices and monitors device status during onboarding.

  • An Installer can access only the Onboard a Device and Device List pages.

Table 1 displays the access privileges of the four user roles to the menu items.

Table 1: User roles and their access privileges

Menu	Super User	Network Admin	Observer	Installer
Observability
Observability > Health
Troubleshoot Devices	✓	✓	✓	╳
Events	✓	✓	✓	╳
Observability > Active Assurance
Monitors	✓	✓	✓	╳
Tests	✓	✓	✓	╳
Measurement Designer	✓	✓	✓	╳
Observability > Network
Topology	✓	✓	✓	╳
Trust and Compliance
Trust > General
Trust Plans	✓	✓	✓	╳
Trust > Compliance
Compliance Scan	✓	✓	✓	╳
Checklist	✓	✓	✓	╳
Benchmarks	✓	✓	✓	╳
Tailorings	✓	✓	✓	╳
Trust > Integrity
Hardware EOL	✓	✓	✓	╳
Software EOL	✓	✓	✓	╳
Trust > Vulnerabilities
Advisories	✓	✓	✓	╳
PBNs	✓	✓	✓	╳
Orchestration
Orchestration > Service
Instances	✓	✓	✓	╳
Service Catalog	✓	✓	✓	╳
Customers	✓	✓	✓	╳
Orchestration > Monitoring
Workflows	✓	✓	✓	╳
Inventory
Inventory > Devices
Network Inventory	✓	✓	✓	╳
Device and Interface Profiles	✓	✓	✓	╳
Configuration Templates	✓	✓	✓	╳
Configuration Backups	✓	✓	✓	╳
Software Images	✓	✓	✓	╳
Inventory > Device Onboarding
Onboarding Dashboard	✓	✓	✓	╳
Network Implementation Plan	✓	✓	✓	╳
Inventory > Active Assurance
Test Agents	✓	✓	✓	╳
Inventory > Common Resources
Sites	✓	╳	╳	╳
Settings Menu
System Settings	✓	╳	╳	╳
Users	✓	╳	╳	╳
Audit Logs	✓	✓	╳	╳
Field Technician UI
Onboard a Device	╳	╳	╳	✓
Device List	╳	╳	╳	✓