Permissions Management

NOTE

This functionality is for Pro Edition only.

Crawlab Pro supports a RBAC -based permissions management, which means you can use Crawlab Pro to manage the Permissions of your users via Roles.

Permissions

Permissions in Crawlab Pro are the basic unit of user access control.

Types of permissions

Types of permissions are as below:

• Action: Specific actions that a role can perform, such as View, Edit, Delete, Create, etc.
• Page: Specific pages that a role can access, such as Spiders, Tasks, Nodes, etc.
• Data: Specific data records that a role can access, such as Spiders attributed to a specific user.

Permission fields

Fields of permissions are as below:

• Type: Type of permission, Action, Page, or Data.
• Target: Regex pattern of the targets, where the permission should operate on.
• Allow: Regex pattern of allowed items.
• Deny: Regex pattern of denied items.

Create a permission

1. Go to the Permissions page by clicking the Permissions button in the sidebar.
   
2. Click the New Permission button
   
3. Enter necessary info of the new permission and click Confirm button
   

Delete a permission

1. Go to the Permissions page by clicking the Permissions button in the
   
2. Click the Delete button of the permission you want to delete
   

Roles

Roles in Crawlab Pro can be defined by admin users. Roles are associated with a set of permissions, and can be assigned to users.

Create a Role

1. Go to the Roles page by clicking the navigation button on the left sidebar
   
2. Click the New Role button
   
3. Enter necessary info of the new role and click Confirm button
   

Delete a role

1. Go to the Roles page by clicking the Roles button in the
   
2. Click the Delete button of the role you want to delete
   

Link/Unlink permissions to a role

1. Go to the Permissions tab in the Role Detail page by clicking the View permissions button.
   
2. Click on Link Permissions button.
   
3. Select the permissions you want to link/unlink to the role, and click Confirm button.
   

Link/Unlink users to a role

1. Go to the Permissions tab in the Role Detail page by clicking the View users button.
   
2. Click on Link Users button.
   
3. Select the users you want to link/unlink to the role, and click Confirm button.