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# Auditor users **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
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>[Introduced][ee-998] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 8.17.
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Auditor users are given read-only access to all projects, groups, and other
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resources on the GitLab instance.
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## Overview
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Auditor users can have full access to their own resources (projects, groups,
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snippets, etc.), and read-only access to **all** other resources, except the
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Admin area. To put another way, they are just regular users (who can be added
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to projects, create personal snippets, create milestones on their groups, etc.)
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who also happen to have read-only access to all projects on the system that
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they haven't been explicitly [given access][permissions] to.
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The Auditor role is _not_ a read-only version of the Admin role. Auditor users
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will not be able to access the project/group settings pages, or the Admin Area.
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To sum up, assuming you have logged-in as an Auditor user:
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- For a project the Auditor is not member of, the Auditor should have
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read-only access. If the project is public or internal, they would have the
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same access as the users that are not members of that project/group.
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- For a project the Auditor owns, the Auditor should have full access to
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everything.
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- For a project the Auditor has been added to as a member, the Auditor should
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have the same access as the [permissions] they were given to. For example, if
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they were added as a Developer, they could then push commits or comment on
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issues.
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- The Auditor cannot view the Admin area, or perform any admin actions.
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For more information about what an Auditor can or can't do, see the
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[Permissions and restrictions of an Auditor user](#permissions-and-restrictions-of-an-auditor-user)
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section.
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## Use cases
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1. Your compliance department wants to run tests against the entire GitLab base
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to ensure users are complying with password, credit card, and other sensitive
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data policies. With Auditor users, this can be achieved very easily without
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resulting to tactics like giving a user admin rights or having to use the API
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to add them to all projects.
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1. If particular users need visibility or access to most of all projects in
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your GitLab instance, instead of manually adding the user to all projects,
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you can simply create an Auditor user and share the credentials with those
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that you want to grant access to.
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## Adding an Auditor user
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1. Create a new user or edit an existing one by navigating to
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**Admin Area > Users**. You will find the option of the access level under
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the 'Access' section.
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1. Click **Save changes** or **Create user** for the changes to take effect.
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To revoke the Auditor permissions from a user, simply make them a Regular user
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following the same steps as above.
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## Permissions and restrictions of an Auditor user
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An Auditor user should be able to access all projects and groups of a GitLab
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instance, with the following permissions/restrictions:
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- Has read-only access to the API
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- Can access projects that are:
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- Private
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- Public
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- Internal
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- Can read all files in a repository
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- Can read issues / MRs
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- Can read project snippets
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- Cannot be Admin and Auditor at the same time
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- Cannot access the Admin area
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- In a group / project they're not a member of:
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- Cannot access project settings
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- Cannot access group settings
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- Cannot commit to repository
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- Cannot create / comment on issues / MRs
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- Cannot create/modify files from the Web UI
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- Cannot merge a merge request
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- Cannot create project snippets
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[ee-998]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/998
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[eep]: https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/
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[permissions]: ../user/permissions.md
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