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Administration Guide
Administration, configuration, and management tasks needed for the optimal use of Seeker
User Administration
Introduces the Seeker role-based access control (RBAC) concept, and outlines the user administration tasks.
Manage Roles
To benefit from the Seeker role-based access control, define and configure global and project roles.

Administration Guide
Administration, configuration, and management tasks needed for the optimal use of Seeker
- System Administration
  Seeker provides a set of tools that enable administrators to configure, customize, and fine-tune various features and capabilities of the system, as well as integrate external tools.
- User Administration
  Introduces the Seeker role-based access control (RBAC) concept, and outlines the user administration tasks.
  - Configure LDAP/Active Directory
    Enable your organizational LDAP/Active Directory to authenticate users for Seeker.
  - Configure SAML 2.0-based SSO
    To enable single sign-on (SSO) to Seeker, configure Seeker with a 3-rd party identity provider (IdP).
  - Manage Roles
    To benefit from the Seeker role-based access control, define and configure global and project roles.
  - Manage Groups
    To manage user permissions, create and manage user groups.
  - Manage Users
    To enable user access to Seeker, define and manage users in the system.
- Project Administration
  Management and configuration tasks that Seeker administrators can perform for projects.
- Maintenance
  To ensure your Seeker system's health, perform periodic maintenance tasks.
- Using APIs
  Seeker provides a set of Web (REST) APIs that expose its basic functionality. You can use these APIs to automate various administration tasks, such as managing projects, exporting vulnerabilities or creating a diagnostic dump.
- Appendix A. Seeker Environment Variables
  Seeker uses a number of operating system (OS) environment variables and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) properties that administrators can configure to customize and fine-tune the behavior of Seeker server and Agents.

Manage Roles

To benefit from the Seeker role-based access control, define and configure global and project roles.

In the main menu, click (Settings) > User Management > Roles.
A list of currently defined roles is displayed, including the predefined global and project roles, matching the common roles such as DevSecOps, Auditor, and Developer. These roles come with predefined permissions, and can be customized as required.

Click + Add role or Edit in the role's row in the list, and enter or edit the properties:

Property	Description
Name	A unique name for the role.
Type	From the dropdown list, choose Global roles or Project roles. Depending on this choice, a list of relevant permissions is displayed.
Permissions	Toggle the On/Off switch for each permission as required.

Save your changes.
To delete a role, click Delete in its row in the list.

Note: If a role is assigned to any user or group, you can't delete it without first removing the assignments.