Applications UI central config user

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Central configuration manageredit

Central configuration users need to be able to view, create, update, and delete APM agent configurations.

Create a new role, named something like central-config-manager, and assign the following privileges:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-agent-configuration`	Read-only access to `apm-agent-configuration` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-agent-configuration`	Read-only access to `apm-agent-configuration` index metadata
Index	`read` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` index metadata

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` index metadata

Using the deprecated APM Server binaries? Add the privileges under the Classic APM indices tab above.

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Kibana	`All` on the APM and User Experience feature	Allow full use of the Applications and User Experience UIs

Central configuration readeredit

In some instances, you may wish to create a user that can only read central configurations, but not create, update, or delete them.

Create a new role, named something like central-config-reader, and assign the following privileges:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-agent-configuration`	Read-only access to `apm-agent-configuration` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-agent-configuration`	Read-only access to `apm-agent-configuration` index metadata
Index	`read` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` index metadata

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` index metadata

Using the deprecated APM Server binaries? Add the privileges under the Classic APM indices tab above.

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Kibana	`read` on the APM and User Experience feature	Allow read access to the Applications and User Experience UIs

Central configuration APIedit