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Fine-grained access control API

Fine-grained access control API is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about Grafana Enterprise.

The API can be used to create, update, get and list roles, and create or remove built-in role assignments. To use the API, you would need to enable fine-grained access control.

The API does not currently work with an API Token. So in order to use these API endpoints you will have to use Basic auth.

Get status

GET /api/access-control/status

Returns an indicator to check if fine-grained access control is enabled or not.

Required permissions

Action Scope
status:accesscontrol services:accesscontrol

Example request

GET /api/access-control/check
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
  "enabled": true
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Returned a flag indicating if the fine-grained access control is enabled or no.
403 Access denied
404 Not found, an indication that fine-grained access control is not available at all.
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create and manage custom roles

Get all roles

GET /api/access-control/roles

Gets all existing roles. The response contains all global and organization local roles, for the organization which user is signed in. Refer to the Role scopes for more information.

Required permissions

Action Scope
roles:list roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

[
    {
        "version": 1,
        "uid": "Kz9m_YjGz",
        "name": "fixed:reporting:admin:edit",
        "description": "Gives access to edit any report or the organization's general reporting settings.",
        "global": true,
        "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
        "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
    },
    {
        "version": 5,
        "uid": "vi9mlLjGz",
        "name": "fixed:permissions:admin:read",
        "description": "Gives access to read and list roles and permissions, as well as built-in role assignments.",
        "global": true,
        "updated": "2021-05-13T22:41:49+02:00",
        "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
    }
]

Status codes

Code Description
200 Global and organization local roles are returned.
403 Access denied
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Get a role

GET /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Get a role for the given UID.

Required permissions

Action Scope
roles:read roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/roles/PYnDO3rMk
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 2,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGk",
    "name": "fixed:permissions:admin:edit",
    "description": "Gives access to create, update and delete roles, as well as manage built-in role assignments.",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        },
        {
            "action": "roles:list",
            "scope": "roles:*",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role is returned.
403 Access denied
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create a new custom role

POST /api/access-control/roles

Creates a new custom role and maps given permissions to that role. Note that roles with the same prefix as Fixed Roles can’t be created.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only create custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to create a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action Scope
roles:write permissions:delegate

Example request

POST /api/access-control/roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 1,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete roles",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Field Name Date Type Required Description
uid string No UID of the role. If not present, the UID will be automatically created for you and returned in response. Refer to the Custom roles for more information.
global boolean No A flag indicating if the role is global or not. If set to false, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request. Refer to the Role scopes for more information.
version number No Version of the role. If not present, version 0 will be assigned to the role and returned in the response. Refer to the Custom roles for more information.
name string Yes Name of the role. Refer to Custom roles for more information.
description string No Description of the role.
permissions Permission No If not present, the role will be created without any permissions.

Permission

Field Name Data Type Required Description
action string Yes Refer to Permissions for full list of available actions.
scope string No If not present, no scope will be mapped to the permission. Refer to Permissions for full list of available scopes.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 2,
    "uid": "jZrmlLCGka",
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",
    "global": true,
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T23:20:51.416518+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role is updated.
400 Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403 Access denied
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Update a custom role

PUT /api/access-control/roles/:uid

Update the role with the given UID, and it’s permissions with the given UID. The operation is idempotent and all permissions of the role will be replaced with what is in the request. You would need to increment the version of the role with each update, otherwise the request will fail.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only update custom roles with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to update a custom role which allows to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action Scope
roles:write permissions:delegate

Example request

PUT /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "version": 2,
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        },
         {
            "action": "roles:create",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate"
        }
    ]
}

JSON body schema

Field Name Data Type Required Description
version number Yes Version of the role. Must be incremented for update to work.
name string Yes Name of the role.
description string No Description of the role.
permissions List of Permissions No The full list of permissions the role should have after the update.

Permission

Field Name Data Type Required Description
action string Yes Refer to Permissions for full list of available actions.
scope string No If not present, no scope will be mapped to the permission. Refer to Permissions for full list of available scopes.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "version": 3,
    "name": "custom:delete:create:roles",
    "description": "My custom role which gives users permissions to delete and create roles",
    "permissions": [
        {
            "action": "roles:delete",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00"
        },
         {
            "action": "roles:create",
            "scope": "permissions:delegate",
            "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.546146+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "updated": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.540987+02:00",
    "created": "2021-05-13T23:19:46.540986+02:00"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role is updated.
400 Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403 Access denied
404 Role was not found to update.
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Delete a custom role

DELETE /api/access-control/roles/:uid?force=false

Delete a role with the given UID, and it’s permissions. If the role is assigned to a built-in role, the deletion operation will fail, unless force query param is set to true, and in that case all assignments will also be deleted.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only delete a custom role with the same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to delete a custom role which allows to do that.

Action Scope
roles:delete permissions:delegate

Example request

DELETE /api/access-control/roles/jZrmlLCGka?force=true
Accept: application/json

Query parameters

Param Type Required Description
force boolean No When set to true, the role will be deleted with all it’s assignments.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Role deleted"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role is deleted.
400 Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403 Access denied
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create and remove built-in role assignments

API set allows to create or remove built-in role assignments and list current assignments.

Get all built-in role assignments

GET /api/access-control/builtin-roles

Gets all built-in role assignments.

Required permissions

Action Scope
roles.builtin:list roles:*

Example request

GET /api/access-control/builtin-roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "Admin": [
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "qQui_LCMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:edit",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        },
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "PeXmlYjMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:read",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ],
    "Grafana Admin": [
        {
            "version": 1,
            "uid": "qQui_LCMk",
            "name": "fixed:users:org:edit",
            "description": "",
            "global": true,
            "updated": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00",
            "created": "2021-05-13T16:24:26+02:00"
        }
    ]
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Built-in role assignments are returned.
403 Access denied
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Create a built-in role assignment

POST /api/access-control/builtin-roles

Creates a new built-in role assignment.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only create built-in role assignments with the roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to create a built-in role assignment which will allow to do that. This is done to prevent escalation of privileges.

Action Scope
roles.builtin:add permissions:delegate

Example request

POST /api/access-control/builtin-roles
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "roleUid": "LPMGN99Mk",
    "builtinRole": "Grafana Admin",
    "global": false
}

JSON body schema

Field Name Date Type Required Description
roleUid string Yes UID of the role.
builtinRole boolean Yes Can be one of Viewer, Editor, Admin or Grafana Admin.
global boolean No A flag indicating if the assignment is global or not. If set to false, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request to create organization local assignment. Refer to the Built-in role assignments for more information.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Built-in role grant added"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role was assigned to built-in role.
400 Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403 Access denied
404 Role not found
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.

Remove a built-in role assignment

DELETE /api/access-control/builtin-roles/:builtinRole/roles/:roleUID

Deletes a built-in role assignment (for one of Viewer, Editor, Admin, or Grafana Admin) to the role with the provided UID.

Required permissions

permission:delegate scope ensures that users can only remove built-in role assignments with the roles which have same, or a subset of permissions which the user has. For example, if a user does not have required permissions for creating users, they won’t be able to remove a built-in role assignment which allows to do that.

Action Scope
roles.builtin:remove permissions:delegate

Example request

DELETE /api/access-control/builtin-roles/Grafana%20Admin/roles/LPMGN99Mk?global=false
Accept: application/json

Query parameters

Param Type Required Description
global boolean No A flag indicating if the assignment is global or not. If set to false, the default org ID of the authenticated user will be used from the request to remove assignment. Refer to the Built-in role assignments for more information.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
    "message": "Built-in role grant removed"
}

Status codes

Code Description
200 Role was unassigned from built-in role.
400 Bad request (invalid json, missing content-type, missing or invalid fields, etc.).
403 Access denied
404 Role not found.
500 Unexpected error. Refer to body and/or server logs for more details.