Manage Tyk Dashboard User Groups

Tyk has a flexible user permissions system that provides Role Based Access Control (RBAC) for your Tyk Dashboard.

When you have a large number of users and teams with different access requirements, instead of setting permissions per user, you can create a user group and configure the permissions for all users in the group. For example, if you only want certain users to access the Tyk Logs, you could create a “Logs Users” user group, then give those users the Logs Read permission and add them to your Logs Users group.

Note that a user can only belong to one group.

You must have either admin or user groups permission to be able to modify user groups.

This also works for Single Sign-On (SSO), as you can specify the user group ID when setting up SSO.

Creating a User Group with the Dashboard

Step 1: Select “User Groups” from the “System Management” section

Step 2: Click “ADD NEW USER GROUP”

Step 3: Add User Group Name

Enter the name for your User Group, and an optional Description.

Step 4: Set User Group Permissions

Selet the User Group Permissions you want to apply.

Step 5: Click “Save” to create the Group

Step 6: Add Users to your Group

1. From the Users menu, select Edit from the Actions drop-down list for a user to add to the group.
2. Select your group from the User group drop-down list.

Click Update to save the User details

Managing User Groups with the Dashboard API

You can also manage User Groups via our Dashboard API. The following functions are available:

• List all User Groups
• Get a User Group via the User Group ID
• Add a User Group
• Update a User Group
• Delete a User Group