PDS users and permissions

Following are the users / tokens created by PDS for each data service and the valid permissions for each user:

note

You can delete the pds user. However, deleting the other users will cause PDS functionality to stop working.

Cassandra

Username	Permissions
pds	CREATE ROLE '$user' WITH SUPERUSER = true AND LOGIN = true AND PASSWORD = '$password'
pds-cluster-admin	CREATE ROLE '$user' WITH SUPERUSER = true AND LOGIN = true AND PASSWORD = '$password'
pds-backup	CREATE ROLE '$user' WITH SUPERUSER = true AND LOGIN = true AND PASSWORD = '$password'
pds-probes	CREATE ROLE '$user' WITH SUPERUSER = false AND LOGIN = true AND PASSWORD = '$password'

Consul

Token	Permissions
initial management	global-management policy
pds-agent	custom policy with limited access
pds	global-management policy
pds-backup	global-management policy
pds-observability	custom policy with limited access
pds-probes	custom policy with limited access

Couchbase

Username	Permissions
pds	admin
pds-observability	read admin (ro_admin)
pds-backup	admin
pds-cluster-admin	all (cluster administrator)
pds-probes	read admin (ro_admin)

Elasticsearch

Username	Permissions
pds	manage_security
pds-observability	monitor
pds-backup	manage
pds-cluster-admin	all

Kafka

Username	Permissions
pds	Kafka client authentication user account
pds-cluster-admin	Kafka inter-broker communication user account

MongoDB

Username	Permissions
pds	userAdminAnyDatabase
pds-observability	clusterMonitor on admin db, read on local db
pds-cluster-admin	clusterAdmin, userAdminAnyDatabase
pds-probes	clusterMonitor on admin db, read on local db
pds-backup	restore, backup built-in roles and pds-find-system-preimages custom role

MySQL

Username	Permissions
pds	GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO `pds`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION
pds-observability	GRANT SELECT, PROCESS, REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO `pds-observability`@`localhost`
pds-cluster-admin	GRANT SELECT, RELOAD, SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, FILE, EXECUTE, REPLICATION SLAVE, REPLICATION CLIENT, CREATE USER ON *.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT CLONE_ADMIN,CONNECTION_ADMIN,GROUP_REPLICATION_ADMIN,PERSIST_RO_VARIABLES_ADMIN, REPLICATION_APPLIER,REPLICATION_SLAVE_ADMIN,ROLE_ADMIN,SYSTEM_VARIABLES_ADMIN ON *.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `mysql`.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, REFERENCES, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE VIEW, SHOW VIEW, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, EVENT, TRIGGER ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, REFERENCES, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE VIEW, SHOW VIEW, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, EVENT, TRIGGER ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata_bkp`.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, REFERENCES, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE VIEW, SHOW VIEW, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, EVENT, TRIGGER ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata_previous`.* TO `pds-cluster-admin`@`%` WITH GRANT OPTION
pds-router	GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT SELECT, EXECUTE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.* TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.`routers` TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.`v2_routers` TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`global_variables` TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`replication_group_member_stats` TO `pds-router`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`replication_group_members` TO `pds-router`@`%`
pds-probes	GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT SELECT, EXECUTE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.* TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.`routers` TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `mysql_innodb_cluster_metadata`.`v2_routers` TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`global_variables` TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`replication_group_member_stats` TO `pds-probes`@`%` GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.`replication_group_members` TO `pds-probes`@`%`
pds-backup	GRANT SELECT, RELOAD, PROCESS, LOCK TABLES, REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO `pds-backup`@`localhost` GRANT BACKUP_ADMIN ON *.* TO `pds-backup`@`localhost`
mysql_innodb_cluster_[n] (being automatically created in cluster mode for each node)	GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO `mysql_innodb_cluster_1`@`%` GRANT BACKUP_ADMIN,CONNECTION_ADMIN,GROUP_REPLICATION_STREAM ON *.* TO `mysql_innodb_cluster_1`@`%`

PostgreSQL

Username	Permissions
pds	superuser
postgres_exporter	pg_monitor
pds-backup	pg_read_all_settings, pg_start_backup, pg_stop_backup, pg_create_restore_point
pds-observability	pg_monitor
pds-cluster-admin	superuser

The PDS 118 release introduces an automated migration to PDS system users for PostgreSQL. To finalize the migration process, it is necessary to manually restart the pods.

If you create a new deployment with system users support, then you can delete or change password. To accomplish this, you can access the primary PostgreSQL pod's shell and execute the following commands:

1. Change the pds user password:

   PGPASSWORD=$(cat ~/creds/cluster-admin-password) psql -h localhost -U pds-cluster-admin postgres -c "ALTER USER pds WITH PASSWORD '<NEW_PASSWORD>'"

2. Delete pds user and all dependent objects:

   PGPASSWORD=$(cat ~/creds/cluster-admin-password) psql -h localhost -U pds-cluster-admin postgres -c 'DROP OWNED BY pds; DROP USER pds;'

If you upgrade the existing deployment to include the image with system users support, you cannot delete the pds user. However, you can block it from connecting. To block the pds user, run the following command on the primary pod:

PGPASSWORD=$(cat ~/creds/cluster-admin-password) psql -h localhost -U pds-cluster-admin postgres -c 'ALTER USER pds NOLOGIN;'

RabbitMQ

Username	Permissions
pds	root permissions, with admin tag

Redis

Username	Permissions
pds	allcommands allchannels allkeys
pds-cluster-admin	allcommands allchannels allkeys
pds-backup	+info +cluster|nodes +lastsave +bgsave
pds-probes	+cluster|nodes +ping
pds-observability	+client +ping +info +config|get +cluster|info +slowlog +latency +memory +select +get +scan +xinfo +type +pfcount +strlen +llen +scard +zcard +hlen +xlen +eval allkeys
redis-exporter	+client +ping +info +config|get +cluster|info +slowlog +latency +memory +select +get +scan +xinfo +type +pfcount +strlen +llen +scard +zcard +hlen +xlen +eval allkeys

SQL Server

Username	Permissions
pds	ALTER SERVER ROLE SysAdmin ADD MEMBER [$user];
pds-cluster-admin	ALTER SERVER ROLE SysAdmin ADD MEMBER [$user];
pds-backup	ALTER SERVER ROLE SysAdmin ADD MEMBER [$user];
pds-observability	GRANT VIEW ANY DEFINITION TO [$user]; GRANT VIEW SERVER STATE TO [$user];
pds-probes	GRANT VIEW ANY DEFINITION TO [$user]; GRANT VIEW SERVER STATE TO [$user];

Zookeeper

Username	Permissions
pds	default user, root permissions

PDS user descriptions

The following table provides a brief explanation of how each PDS user can be utilized to accomplish specific tasks:

Username	Description
initial management	used to bootstrap the Access Control List (ACL) system
pds	for initial client connection
pds-agent	used for nodes to communicate between each other
pds-backup	used for backup and restore
pds-cluster-admin	used for cluster initialization and/or inter-node communication
pds-observability	used for collecting metrics
pds-probes	used for pod readiness and liveness probes
pds-router	used for routing requests
postgres_exporter	used for collecting metrics