Set User Privileges via the DCD

By default, only contract administrators and owners can manage the Cloud DNS records and zones using the Cloud DNS API and the DCD. To facilitate additional users with privilege to manage the DNS zones and records, the DCD offers a new group privilege called Access and manage DNS in the User Manager, under the Privileges tab. The privilege must be enabled for a group so that the group members inherit this privilege through group privilege settings.

Assigning this privilege to a group grants all users within the group the ability to manage Cloud DNS zones and records via the Cloud DNS API or the DCD.

Prerequisite: Make sure you have one or more Groups in the User Manager. To create one, see Create a group.

To set user privileges to manage DNS zones and records, follow these steps:

1. In the DCD, open Management > Users & Groups under Users.

2. Select the Groups tab in the User Manager window.

3. Select the target group name from the Groups list.

4. Select the Access and manage DNS checkbox in the Privileges tab.

Set Access and manage DNS privilege

Result: The Access and manage DNS privilege is granted to all the members in the selected group.

Revoke user privileges

You can revoke a user's Access and manage DNS privilege by removing the user from all the groups that have this privilege enabled.

Warning: You can revoke a user from this privilege by disabling Access and manage DNS for every group the user belongs to. In this case, all the members in the respective groups would also be revoked from this privilege.

To revoke this privilege from a contract administrator, disable the administrator option on the user account. On performing this action, the contract administrator gets the role of a contract user, and the privileges that were set up for the user before being an administrator will then be in effect.