Acquia CMS

Roles and permissions

Acquia CMS offers a number of roles that provide different levels of permission to users. For details, navigate to Manage > People > Permissions.

Important

When creating a new user, ensure that you apply multiple roles and provide the necessary permissions. For example, to create a user who can create and publish content, you must apply the Content Author and Content Editor roles to the user.

Role

Description

Administrator

Has all permissions and access to all aspects of the site.

Low Code Site Builder

Can create and edit Site Studio components.

Site Builder

Uses Drupal site building tools, such as, to construct the site. No content privileges.

Content Administrator

Has access to all content creation and management permissions.

Content Author

Has access to create and manage their own content

Content Editor

Has access to review and publish all content.

User Administrator

Has access to administer and manage other users.

Anonymous User

Can view published content.

Authenticated User

Has access to create and manage their own content.

Frontend site with preview

Has permissions entitled to a headless site to view and preview content.

Headless Administrator

A frontend developer who interacts with Acquia CMS to build data models and configure connectivity with front end applications.

For more information, see Drupal’s roles and permissions.