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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 under Access control → User management. Account Owner and User Administrator can change some user data:

Control panel userService userFederated user
Name✗ (necessary uninstall the old user and 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 and add a new)-✗
Phone number✗ (necessary uninstall the old user and add a new)--
User groups✓✓✓
Notification categories✓-✓
SSH keys✓✓✓
S3 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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab 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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab 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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab with the desired user type.
  3. On the menu. of the user press Edit.
  4. Change the role.
  5. Click Save.

Change user projects⁠

  1. В control panels go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab with the desired user type.
  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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab with the desired user type.
  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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab with the desired user type.
  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.

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 go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab with the desired user type.
  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 in the upper right corner, open the menu (account number) and select Profile and settings.
  2. Go to Access → tab SSH keys.
  3. On the menu. key select Delete.
  4. Click Delete.

Manage S3 user keys⁠

The S3 key is used for working with object storage via API.

Issue S3 key⁠

Use the section Issue an S3 key to the service user instructions Manage access to the object store.

Delete S3 key⁠

  1. В control panels go to Access control → User management.
  2. Open the tab Service users.
  3. Open the user page → tab Access.
  4. In the block S3 keys on the key line, press .
  5. Click Delete.