Manage access to cloud server images

Last update: October 07 2026Open in Markdown

Access to images is regulated by a role model that defines access within an account and a project. For more information, see the Access management in Selectel products instructions.

member

A user with full access to all services. Does not have access to managing: users, service users, user groups, and federations.

Access areas	account; project
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	In the Account access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images; configuring shared access to images in projects within the same account or from other accounts
	In the Project access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images; configuring shared access to images in projects within the same account or from other accounts

reader

A user with view access to everything managed by member in the same access scope.

Access areas	account; project
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	In the Account access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements
	In the Project access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements

billing

User with access to manage billing, without access to service management.

Access areas	Account
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	billing management

iam.admin

A user with access to user management and without access to services and billing. Cannot manage their account: change permissions, manage notifications, or delete the user. The first user with the iam.admin role is created by the Account Owner.

Access areas	Account
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	managing control panel users, service users, user groups with access to images; managing federations

iam.viewer

A user with view access to everything managed by iam.admin.

Access areas	Account
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	viewing control panel users, service users, user groups, and federations; viewing user keys; viewing notifications of other users; viewing account access restrictions

compute.image.admin

User with access to image management. Does not have access to other products.

Access areas	account; project
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	In the Account access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images; configuring shared access to images in projects within the same account or from other accounts
	In the Project access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images; configuring shared access to images in projects within the same account or from other accounts

compute.image.user

User with access to image management. Does not have access to other products in their project or to images in other projects.

Access areas	account; project
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	In the Account access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images
	In the Project access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements; creating or uploading images; managing images

compute.image.viewer

User with access to view images. Does not have access to other products.

Access areas	account; project
Who can be assigned	users; service users; user groups
Available image operations	In the Account access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements
	In the Project access area: viewing the list of all images and their details: image size, image format and container, and minimum image requirements