Setting Up User Roles

Flute CMS uses the RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) system — this is a tool for managing user access to different sections and functions of the website. The role system allows you to precisely configure who and what can do on your site.

Basic Role System

What is a role?

A role is a set of permissions (access rights) that can be assigned to a user. Each role defines:

• Access to sections — which pages of the admin panel the user can see
• Possible actions — what the user can do (create, edit, delete)
• Visual display — role color and icon on the site

Role hierarchy

Roles in Flute CMS have a strict hierarchy:

1. admin.boss — super administrator (full access to everything)
2. User roles — created by the administrator
3. user — regular user (basic rights)

Creating and configuring roles

Creating a new role

To create a role:

1. Go to Admin panel → Users and roles → Roles
2. Click the Create role button
3. Fill in the basic information about the role

Basic role parameters

1. Role name — any role name
2. Role color — color that will be used to highlight the role on the site
3. Icon — role icon

Access rights system

Access rights categories

Each right has its own description of what it is responsible for.

Role priority and hierarchy

How priority works

The priority of roles is determined by their order in the list:

1. Highest priority — roles at the top of the list
2. Lowest priority — roles at the bottom of the list

A user with a higher priority role can manage users with lower priority roles.

Changing priority

To change the priority of a role:

1. Go to the list of roles
2. Drag the role to the desired position
3. Save changes

Assigning roles to users

Assigning through user profile

1. Go to Admin panel → Users
2. Find the user you need
3. Click “Edit”
4. In the “Roles” section select the desired roles
5. Save changes

Multiple roles

A user can have multiple roles at the same time:

• Rights are summed up — the user receives all rights from all their roles
• Priority is determined by the highest role — for display, the role with the highest priority is used