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Change user data or role

Account and user information is contained in the profile. The data set in the profile depends on like an account and user roles. You can view your profile at control panels under Profile and settings.

The Account Owner and User Administrator have access to information about all users in the control panels: Account → sections Users и Service users. Account Owner and User Administrator can change some user data:

Control panel userService userFederated user
Name✗ (necessary uninstall the old user и add a new)✓✗
Login or External ID-✓✗ (not stored in Selectel)
Password✓ (user modifies)✓✗ (not stored in Selectel)
Role*✓✓✓
project✓✓✓
Mail✗ (necessary uninstall the old user и add a new)-✗
Phone number✗ (necessary uninstall the old user и add a new)--
User groups✓✓✓
Notification categories✓-✓
SSH keys✓✓✓
S3 keys✓✓-
ADB keys✓✓✓

* A User Administrator cannot change their role, but an Account Owner or other User Administrator can.

To change your phone number, email address, full name, company details, change profile information.

Data federated users are not stored in Selectel, they can be changed on the side of your Identity Provider.

Change Account Owner⁠

If you have a business account, to change the Account Owner who is the contact person, file a ticket.

If you have a personal account, you can't make another person the Account Owner — you can sign up for a new account и migrate services.

Change the service user name⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.
  2. Go to the section Service users.
  3. On the menu of the user press Edit.
  4. Make the changes.
  5. Click Save.

Change the service user password⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.
  2. Go to the section Service users.
  3. On the menu. of the user press Change password.
  4. Enter a new password or press Generate.
  5. Click Change password.

Change user role⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. On the menu of the user press Edit.

  4. Change the role.

  5. Click Save.

Change user projects⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. On the menu. of the user press Edit.

  4. Change the user's projects.

  5. Click Save.

Change user groups⁠

Add a user to a group⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Roles and groups.

  4. In the block groups click Edit groups.

  5. Click Add to group.

  6. Select groups.

  7. Click Add.

Exclude a user from a group⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Roles and groups.

  4. In the block groups click Edit groups.

  5. In the row with the group from which you want to exclude the user, click .

  6. Enter the name of the group to confirm.

  7. Click Exclude.

Change user notification categories⁠

Use the instructions Account notifications.

Manage the user's SSH keys⁠

Read more about SSH keys in the instructions Create and host an SSH key on a cloud server. Control Panel users and federated users can manage their SSH keys independently, more details in the section Manage SSH keys instructions Manage access keys.

Add an SSH key⁠

A public SSH key can be added to a user's profile and then placed at the server creation.

The key will be available in all projects to which the user has been added.

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access.

  4. In the block SSH keys click Add key.

  5. Enter the name of the key.

  6. Insert a public SSH key in OpenSSH format.

  7. Click Add.

Delete SSH key⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access.

  4. In the block SSH keys on the menu key select Delete.

  5. Click Delete.

Manage S3 user keys⁠

The S3 key is used for working with object storage via API and for working with the logging platform via AWS CLI.

Issue S3 key⁠

Control panel users may S3 keys on your own, but we recommend create service users and use the keys in conjunction with them.

Only the Account Owner or User Administrator can issue S3 keys to other users. A service user cannot get an S3 key by himself because he does not have access to the control panel — he must be issued a key by the Account Owner or User Administrator.

You must create a separate key for each project. Multiple keys can be issued for one project.

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access .

  4. In the block S3 keys click Add key.

  5. Enter the name of the key.

  6. Select project for which the key will work.

  7. Click Generate. Two values will be generated:

    • Access key — Access Key ID, key identifier;
    • Secret key — Secret Access Key, secret key.

  8. Click Copy and save the key — it cannot be viewed after closing the window.

Delete S3 key⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access.

  4. In the block S3 keys on the key line, press .

  5. Click Delete.

Manage user ADB keys⁠

The ADB key is used to working with mobile farm devices via ADB.

Add ADB key⁠

A public ADB key can be added to a user's profile and then used to connections to mobile farm devices via ADB.

The key will be available in all projects to which the user has been added.

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access.

  4. In the block ADB keys click Add key.

  5. Enter the name of the key.

  6. Insert the public ADB key.

  7. Click Add.

Delete ADB key⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Account.

  2. Go to the section with the desired user type:

    • Users — for control panel users;
    • Service users — for service users.

  3. Open the user page → tab Access.

  4. In the block ADB keys on the key line, press .

  5. Click Delete.