A user is a person who uses the cvp application and is authenticated by the system through the use of account credentials (username and password). which is maintained by cvp or external enterprise servers. Only the users with account management module credentials (Account management administrator) can create and manage users.

The account management administrator specifies the authentication credentials, name and contact information, status, and cvp permissions when creating user accounts for new users.

Account management administrators control which cvp modules users are authorized to use by assigning roles to users (the role assignments can be changed as needed at any time).

A role is a set of read and write module permissions that defines user authorization to modules in CloudVision Portal. The account management administrator specifies the read and write permissions of each module when they create roles. Only account management administrators can create and manage roles.

Roles enable account management administrators to efficiently manage user permissions by assigning roles to users, and by changing the role assigned to users.

CloudVision Portal provides two default roles, one for the system administrator (network-admin) and one for a basic operator (network-operator).