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Roles for the Add-ons feature

You can map the roles for accessing the Add-ons application to claims forwarded from an external identity provider.

Roles

The Add-ons application accessible by users holding one of the following roles:
RoleDescriptionRole name
Administrator roleA user with this role can perform all available operations on Add-ons, Add-on custom configurations and Extensions.Tridion.AddonService.Administrator
Service roleThis role is used by the Content Manager and Content Delivery services to connect to the Add-ons Service RWS's own Windows services. A user with this role can perform some, but not all, of the operations that Administrator can perform.Tridion.AddonService.Service
Read-only roleA user with this role can see Add-ons and Extensions, but cannot change or delete any of them.Tridion.AddonService.ReadOnly

Add-on operations and roles

The following table shows which role can perform which Add-on operation:
OperationAdministrator roleService roleRead-only role
Get a list of Add-onsyesyesyes
Upload a new Add-on packageyesnono
Update an existing Add-on packageyesnono
Get the metadata of an Add-onyesyesyes
Update the status of an Add-onyesyesno
Delete an Add-onyesnono
Download an Add-onyesyesno

Configuration operations and roles

The following table shows which role can perform which operation related to custom configurations for Add-ons:
OperationAdministrator roleService roleRead-only role
Upload a new custom configuration for an Add-onyesnono
Update an existing custom configuration for an Add-onyesnono
Delete a custom configuration for an Add-onyesnono
Download a custom configuration for an Add-onyesyesno

Extension operations and roles

The following table shows which role can perform which operation related to Extensions contained within Add-ons:
OperationAdministrator roleService roleRead-only role
Update the status of an Extensionyesyesno