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Table 5. Tenant Roles and Responsibilities (Continued)
Role Responsibilities How Assigned
Software architect
n
Create and manage software
blueprint components.
n
Assemble and manage composite
blueprints.
Tenant administrators can assign this
role to users in their tenant at any time
from the Administration tab.
Container architect
n
Add, edit, and remove container
components in a blueprint by
using options on the Design tab.
n
Add, edit, and remove container
network components in a
blueprint by using options on the
Design tab.
Tenant administrators can assign this
role to users and groups in their tenant
at any time from the Administration
tab.
Container administrator Use all available options in the
Containers tab, including the
following tasks:
n
Congure container hosts,
placements, and registries
n
Congure container network
seings
n
Create container templates
Tenant administrators can assign this
role to users and groups in their tenant
at any time from the Administration
tab.
Catalog administrator
n
Create and manage catalog
services.
n
Manage catalog items.
n
Assign icons to actions.
Tenant administrators can assign this
role to users in their tenant at any time
from the Administration tab.
Business group manager
n
Add and delete users within their
business group.
n
Assign support user roles to
users in their business group.
n
Create and manage entitlements
for their business group.
n
Request and manage items on
behalf of a user in their business
group.
n
Monitor resource usage in a
business group.
n
Change machine owner.
The tenant administrator designates
the business group manager when
creating or editing business groups.
Approval administrator
n
Create and manage approval
policies.
Tenant administrators can assign this
role to users in their tenant at any time
from the Administration tab.
Approver
n
Approve service catalog requests,
including provisioning requests
or any resource actions.
The tenant administrator or approval
administrator creates approval policies
and designates the approvers for each
policy.
Support user
n
Request and manage items on
behalf of other users in their
business group.
n
Change machine owner.
The tenant administrator designates
the support user when creating or
editing business groups.
Business user
n
Request catalog items from the
service catalog.
n
Manage their provisioned
resources.
The tenant administrator designates
the business users who can consume
IT services when creating or editing
business groups.
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