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How to restrict local users from billing information in the OVHcloud Control Panel

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Requirements

 

Instructions

Create a group with no rights

Navigate to the Identities menu in your OVHcloud Control Panel and select the User groups tab.

Click Declare a group.

Identities user groups

Enter a Group name (a Group description is optional) and set the Role to None, and then click Confirm.

Identities add group

 

Assign user(s) to the group

New users
Existing users

In the Local users tab, click Add user.

Identities tab empty

Fill in the fields, select the Group you created in the previous step, and click Confirm.

Identities add user no

 

Create the policy

Please follow this guide to create your policy, while taking note of the following modification:

When creating the policy, under the Identities heading, link the the User group created in the first step of this guide.

 

Allowing users to see and use your services

To allow your local users to access your services again (without overriding the policy created above), you will need to create one or more new policies and carefully select the Actions to authorize.

Below is an example for allowing access to a dedicated server:

  1. Select the Product types and Resources you want your users to be able to read and/or use.

    Policies tutorial - Restrict local users from billing information

  2. Scroll down to the Actions section and authorize all actions in for the Product type (e.g., Dedicated Server) except dedicatedServer:notification:receive/billing under NOTIFICATION.

    Policies tutorial - Restrict local users from billing information - step 2

Warning

NOTE: If you want to restrict the user from ordering or deleting services, you can unselect those actions from the list. Using CTL+F to search for terms, such as "order," "cancel," "terminate," and "bill," can be useful in finding those actions in the lists.

Policies tutorial - Restrict local users from billing information - step 3

 

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