Access Control Guide

Prerequisites

You will need:

Features

The following features are supported:

Step By Step Instructions

Step 0: Understanding Host Tags

Host Tags (key-value pairs) are the pillar our access control model. Rather than mapping people or groups directly to hosts, you'll map tag combinations to your hosts and to your user groups. First you'll put your hosts into logical groups using tags, eg. role:web or env:staging. Then, you'll grant user groups access to all hosts with a specific tag combination. Finally, you'll choose which user group tag combinations will allow sudo privileges on any matching hosts.

Let's look at an example:

Of course, hosts and groups can have as many tag combinations as you like. Take a minute to think about how you'd like to use Host Tags in your environment.

Step 1: Determine Host Tag Combination

Sign in at https://smallstep.com/app/[Team ID]

Step 2: Grant User Group Access to Host(s)

You should see two Directories. The "Smallstep" directory contains Administrators who can manage the application. The other directory contains users and groups synchronized from your identity provider.