9.3 Cloud Manager User Groups versus LDAP User Groups

Rather than assign roles to individual users, you can create user groups and assign roles to the user groups. Users who are added to a group inherit the group’s roles.

There are two types of user groups:

  • Cloud Manager: These groups are created in Cloud Manager. The group’s membership is maintained in Cloud Manager. You can add both users and other groups (including LDAP user groups) to the group.

  • LDAP: These groups are imported from your LDAP authentication source. The group’s membership is maintained in the LDAP source. You cannot add users or other groups to the group in Cloud Manager.