Roles and permissions form the foundation of the access control system of Acquia Source by enabling you to define who can do what on your site.

In Acquia Source:

• Users are individual accounts with unique login credentials.
• Roles are collections of permissions that define what actions users can perform.
• Permissions are specific abilities to specific actions such as creating content and administering users.

This role-based access control system provides flexible and granular control over user capabilities.

Default roles

Acquia Source comes with the following predefined or default roles:

Default roles provide a starting point. Default roles are granted within the Sites Dashboard. You can customize the permissions granted for the member role to meet the needs of your organization.

Custom roles

Custom roles and their related permissions can be created at the site level to meet your specific workflow needs.

The following table lists some example custom roles and permissions for a common editorial process:

Roles and permissions