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 This page describes Application Design Center roles and permissions. To control
access to App Design Center, use  Identity and Access Management (IAM)  
to assign roles to users, groups, and service accounts. 
 
 Predefined Application Design Center roles  
 To grant access to specific Google Cloud resources and prevent
unauthorized access to other resources, assign App Design Center's  predefined roles  
on the
app-enabled folder or management project:. 
 
 Use the following IAM roles to manage spaces and author
templates:
 
  Application Design Center Admin (  roles/designcenter.admin 
) Application Design Center User (  roles/designcenter.user 
) Application Design Center Viewer (  roles/designcenter.viewer 
)   
 Use the following IAM roles to create application configurations
and manage deployment lifecycles:
 
  Application Admin (  roles/designcenter.applicationAdmin 
) Application Editor (  roles/designcenter.applicationEditor 
) Application Viewer (  roles/designcenter.applicationViewer 
)   
 The Application Design Center Admin role includes all permissions in the other
Application Design Center roles.
 
 Application Design Center role descriptions  
 The following table describes App Design Center roles and their typical
responsibilities.
 
    
    Application Design Center Admin 
 
  
  Ability to create and manage all App Design Center artifacts, and delegate application control to other users.
 
  
   To manage the full lifecycle of an application.  
 Typically Platform Admins, who generally have administrative permissions and full visibility of the end-to-end architecture.  
  
  
  
    Application Design Center User 
 
  
  Ability to create and update application templates.
 
  
   To scale the capability to create, update, or delete application templates to ease the effort of Platform Admins.  
 Typically a Platform Engineer who needs to create and manage application templates.  
  
  
  
    Application Design Center Viewer 
 
  
  Ability to view spaces, catalogs, templates, applications, and their attributes.
 
  
   To enable basic visibility across spaces, catalogs and applications, and their dependencies.  
 Typically most personnel in the organization. To get the most value, grant all App Design Center users this role.  
  
  
  
   
  Ability to create, manage and deploy applications, and delegate application control to other application developers.
 
  
   To manage application drafts and deployments, as well as the ability to attach service projects required to store individual resources.  
 Typically administrators and developers who are responsible for application creation.  
  
  
  
   
  Ability to create, manage, and deploy applications.
 
  
   To scale the capability to manage drafts and deployments to ease the effort of application administrators.  
 Typically an application operator who has a good understanding of deployments.  
  
  
  
   
  Ability to view applications.
 
  
   To enable basic visibility across templates and applications, and their dependencies.  
 Typically most personnel in the organization. To get the most value, grant all Application Design Center users this role.  
  
  
  
  
  
 Application Design Center permissions  
 The following table lists App Design Center IAM
roles and their permissions.
 
   
    
   Application Design Center Admin  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.admin ) 
 
  Full access to Application Design Center resources.
 
  
  
   apphub.applications.create 
 
  apphub.applications.delete 
 
  apphub.applications.get 
 
  apphub.applications.list 
 
  apphub.applications.update 
 
    apphub.locations.* 
  
 
   apphub.locations.get 
  
  apphub.locations.list 
  
  
  
  apphub.  serviceProjectAttachments.  list 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.get 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.list 
 
  config.deployments.get 
 
  config.  deployments.  getIamPolicy 
 
  config.deployments.list 
 
    config.locations.* 
  
 
   config.locations.get 
  
  config.locations.list 
  
  
  
  config.operations.get 
 
  config.operations.list 
 
  config.previews.export 
 
  config.previews.get 
 
  config.previews.list 
 
    config.resources.* 
  
 
   config.resources.get 
  
  config.resources.list 
  
  
  
  config.revisions.get 
 
  config.revisions.list 
 
    config.terraformversions.* 
  
 
   config.terraformversions.get 
  
  config.terraformversions.list 
  
  
  
    designcenter.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  delete   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  create   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  delete   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  update   
  designcenter.  applications.  create   
  designcenter.  applications.  delete   
  designcenter.applications.get 
  
  designcenter.applications.list 
  
  designcenter.  applications.  update   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  create   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  delete   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  list   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  create   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  delete   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  list   
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  update   
  designcenter.catalogs.create 
  
  designcenter.catalogs.delete 
  
  designcenter.catalogs.get 
  
  designcenter.catalogs.list 
  
  designcenter.catalogs.update 
  
  designcenter.components.create 
  
  designcenter.components.delete 
  
  designcenter.components.get 
  
  designcenter.components.list 
  
  designcenter.components.update 
  
  designcenter.  connections.  create   
  designcenter.  connections.  delete   
  designcenter.connections.get 
  
  designcenter.connections.list 
  
  designcenter.  connections.  update   
  designcenter.locations.get 
  
  designcenter.locations.list 
  
  designcenter.operations.cancel 
  
  designcenter.operations.delete 
  
  designcenter.operations.get 
  
  designcenter.operations.list 
  
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  designcenter.shares.create 
  
  designcenter.shares.delete 
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
  
  designcenter.shares.list 
  
  designcenter.spaces.create 
  
  designcenter.spaces.delete 
  
  designcenter.spaces.get 
  
  designcenter.  spaces.  getIamPolicy   
  designcenter.spaces.list 
  
  designcenter.  spaces.  setIamPolicy   
  designcenter.spaces.update 
  
  
  
  monitoring.timeSeries.create 
 
  orgpolicy.policy.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
    storage.folders.* 
  
 
   storage.folders.create 
  
  storage.folders.delete 
  
  storage.folders.get 
  
  storage.folders.list 
  
  storage.folders.rename 
  
  
  
  storage.managedFolders.create 
 
  storage.managedFolders.delete 
 
  storage.managedFolders.get 
 
  storage.managedFolders.list 
 
    storage.multipartUploads.* 
  
 
   storage.multipartUploads.abort 
  
  storage.  multipartUploads.  create   
  storage.multipartUploads.list 
  
  storage.  multipartUploads.  listParts   
  
  
  storage.objects.create 
 
  storage.objects.delete 
 
  storage.objects.get 
 
  storage.objects.list 
 
  storage.objects.move 
 
  storage.objects.restore 
 
  storage.objects.update 
 
  
  
  
   Application Design Center User  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.user ) 
 
  Readonly access to Application Design Center resources.
 
  
  
   apphub.  serviceProjectAttachments.  list 
 
    designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  delete   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.  applicationTemplates.*   
 
   designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  create   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  delete   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list   
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  update   
  
  
  designcenter.applications.get 
 
  designcenter.applications.list 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  list 
 
  designcenter.catalogs.get 
 
  designcenter.catalogs.list 
 
    designcenter.components.* 
  
 
   designcenter.components.create 
  
  designcenter.components.delete 
  
  designcenter.components.get 
  
  designcenter.components.list 
  
  designcenter.components.update 
  
  
  
    designcenter.connections.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  connections.  create   
  designcenter.  connections.  delete   
  designcenter.connections.get 
  
  designcenter.connections.list 
  
  designcenter.  connections.  update   
  
  
    designcenter.locations.* 
  
 
   designcenter.locations.get 
  
  designcenter.locations.list 
  
  
  
  designcenter.operations.get 
 
  designcenter.operations.list 
 
    designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.sharedTemplates.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
 
  designcenter.shares.list 
 
  designcenter.spaces.get 
 
  designcenter.  spaces.  getIamPolicy 
 
  designcenter.spaces.list 
 
  monitoring.timeSeries.create 
 
  orgpolicy.policy.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
    storage.folders.* 
  
 
   storage.folders.create 
  
  storage.folders.delete 
  
  storage.folders.get 
  
  storage.folders.list 
  
  storage.folders.rename 
  
  
  
  storage.managedFolders.create 
 
  storage.managedFolders.delete 
 
  storage.managedFolders.get 
 
  storage.managedFolders.list 
 
    storage.multipartUploads.* 
  
 
   storage.multipartUploads.abort 
  
  storage.  multipartUploads.  create   
  storage.multipartUploads.list 
  
  storage.  multipartUploads.  listParts   
  
  
  storage.objects.create 
 
  storage.objects.delete 
 
  storage.objects.get 
 
  storage.objects.list 
 
  storage.objects.move 
 
  storage.objects.restore 
 
  storage.objects.update 
 
  
  
  
   Application Design Center Viewer  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.viewer ) 
 
  Readonly access to Application Design Center resources.
 
  
  
   designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list 
 
  designcenter.applications.get 
 
  designcenter.applications.list 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  catalogTemplates.  list 
 
  designcenter.catalogs.get 
 
  designcenter.catalogs.list 
 
  designcenter.components.get 
 
  designcenter.components.list 
 
  designcenter.connections.get 
 
  designcenter.connections.list 
 
    designcenter.locations.* 
  
 
   designcenter.locations.get 
  
  designcenter.locations.list 
  
  
  
  designcenter.operations.get 
 
  designcenter.operations.list 
 
    designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.sharedTemplates.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
 
  designcenter.shares.list 
 
  designcenter.spaces.get 
 
  designcenter.  spaces.  getIamPolicy 
 
  designcenter.spaces.list 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
  storage.folders.get 
 
  storage.folders.list 
 
  storage.managedFolders.get 
 
  storage.managedFolders.list 
 
  storage.objects.get 
 
  storage.objects.list 
 
  
  
  
   Application Admin  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.applicationAdmin ) 
 
  Admin access to Application.
 
  
  
   apphub.applications.create 
 
  apphub.applications.delete 
 
  apphub.applications.get 
 
  apphub.applications.list 
 
  apphub.applications.update 
 
    apphub.locations.* 
  
 
   apphub.locations.get 
  
  apphub.locations.list 
  
  
  
  apphub.  serviceProjectAttachments.  list 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.get 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.list 
 
  config.deployments.get 
 
  config.  deployments.  getIamPolicy 
 
  config.deployments.list 
 
    config.locations.* 
  
 
   config.locations.get 
  
  config.locations.list 
  
  
  
  config.operations.get 
 
  config.operations.list 
 
  config.previews.export 
 
  config.previews.get 
 
  config.previews.list 
 
    config.resources.* 
  
 
   config.resources.get 
  
  config.resources.list 
  
  
  
  config.revisions.get 
 
  config.revisions.list 
 
    config.terraformversions.* 
  
 
   config.terraformversions.get 
  
  config.terraformversions.list 
  
  
  
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list 
 
    designcenter.applications.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  applications.  create   
  designcenter.  applications.  delete   
  designcenter.applications.get 
  
  designcenter.applications.list 
  
  designcenter.  applications.  update   
  
  
    designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.sharedTemplates.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
 
  designcenter.shares.list 
 
  designcenter.spaces.get 
 
  designcenter.spaces.list 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
  
  
  
   Application Editor  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.applicationEditor ) 
 
  Read and Write access to Application.
 
  
  
   apphub.applications.create 
 
  apphub.applications.delete 
 
  apphub.applications.get 
 
  apphub.applications.list 
 
  apphub.applications.update 
 
    apphub.locations.* 
  
 
   apphub.locations.get 
  
  apphub.locations.list 
  
  
  
  apphub.  serviceProjectAttachments.  list 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.get 
 
  cloudbuild.builds.list 
 
  config.deployments.get 
 
  config.  deployments.  getIamPolicy 
 
  config.deployments.list 
 
    config.locations.* 
  
 
   config.locations.get 
  
  config.locations.list 
  
  
  
  config.operations.get 
 
  config.operations.list 
 
  config.previews.export 
 
  config.previews.get 
 
  config.previews.list 
 
    config.resources.* 
  
 
   config.resources.get 
  
  config.resources.list 
  
  
  
  config.revisions.get 
 
  config.revisions.list 
 
    config.terraformversions.* 
  
 
   config.terraformversions.get 
  
  config.terraformversions.list 
  
  
  
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list 
 
    designcenter.applications.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  applications.  create   
  designcenter.  applications.  delete   
  designcenter.applications.get 
  
  designcenter.applications.list 
  
  designcenter.  applications.  update   
  
  
    designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.sharedTemplates.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
 
  designcenter.shares.list 
 
  designcenter.spaces.get 
 
  designcenter.spaces.list 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
  
  
  
   Application Viewer  Beta  
(  roles/  designcenter.applicationViewer ) 
 
  Readonly access to Application.
 
  
  
   apphub.applications.get 
 
  apphub.applications.list 
 
    apphub.locations.* 
  
 
   apphub.locations.get 
  
  apphub.locations.list 
  
  
  
  config.deployments.get 
 
  config.  deployments.  getIamPolicy 
 
  config.deployments.list 
 
    config.locations.* 
  
 
   config.locations.get 
  
  config.locations.list 
  
  
  
  config.operations.get 
 
  config.operations.list 
 
  config.previews.get 
 
  config.previews.list 
 
    config.resources.* 
  
 
   config.resources.get 
  
  config.resources.list 
  
  
  
  config.revisions.get 
 
  config.revisions.list 
 
    config.terraformversions.* 
  
 
   config.terraformversions.get 
  
  config.terraformversions.list 
  
  
  
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplateRevisions.  list 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  get 
 
  designcenter.  applicationTemplates.  list 
 
  designcenter.applications.get 
 
  designcenter.applications.list 
 
    designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.*   
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplateRevisions.  list   
  
  
    designcenter.sharedTemplates.* 
  
 
   designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  get   
  designcenter.  sharedTemplates.  list   
  
  
  designcenter.shares.get 
 
  designcenter.shares.list 
 
  designcenter.spaces.get 
 
  designcenter.spaces.list 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.get 
 
  resourcemanager.projects.list 
 
  
  
  
  
  
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