Console roles and permissions - ClickHouse Documentation

Organization roles

Refer to Manage cloud users for instructions on assigning organization roles. ClickHouse has four organization level roles available for user management. Only the admin role has default access to services. All other roles must be combined with service level roles to interact with services.

Role	Description
Admin	Perform all administrative activities for an organization and control all settings. This role is assigned to the first user in the organization by default and automatically has Service Admin permissions on all services.
Billing	View usage and invoices, and manage payment methods.
Org API reader	API permissions to manage organization level settings and users, no service access.
Member	Sign-in only with the ability to manage personal profile settings. Assigned to SAML SSO users by default, unless the organization has configured a different default role.

Service roles

Refer to Manage cloud users for instructions on assigning service roles. Service permissions must be explicitly granted by an admin to users with roles other than the admin role. The service admin role is pre-configured with SQL console admin access, but may be modified to reduce or remove permissions.

Role	Description
Service reader	View services and settings.
Service admin	Manage service settings.
Service API reader	API permissions to read service settings for all services.
Service API admin	API permissions to manage service settings for all services.
Basic service API reader	API permissions to use query API endpoints.

SQL console roles

Refer to Manage cloud users for instructions on assigning SQL console roles. To customize database permissions for an individual SQL console user, see SQL console users and roles.

Role	Description
SQL console read only	Read only access to databases within the service.
SQL console admin	Administrative access to databases within the service equivalent to the Default database role.

Console Permissions

The table below describes the ClickHouse console and SQL console permissions. More information is linked in the header for each category.

Permission	Description
Organization (more info)	Organization-level permissions
control-plane:organization:view	View organization details and read-only metadata.
control-plane:organization:manage	Manage organization settings and users.
control-plane:organization:view-activities	View organization audit logs in the Console and through the Cloud API.
control-plane:organization:create-service	Create new services in the organization.
Billing (more info)	Billing and invoice management
control-plane:organization:manage-billing	Manage billing settings, payment methods, and invoices.
control-plane:organization:view-billing	View billing usage and invoices.
API keys (more info)	Organization API key management
control-plane:organization:view-api-keys	View API keys for the organization.
control-plane:organization:create-api-keys	Create new API keys for the organization.
control-plane:organization:update-api-keys	Update existing API keys and their permissions.
control-plane:organization:delete-api-keys	Revoke or delete API keys.
Support (more info)	Support case management
control-plane:support:manage	Create and manage support cases and interactions with ClickHouse support.
Service (general)	General service-level permissions
control-plane:service:view	View service-level metadata, settings, and status.
control-plane:service:manage	Manage service configuration and lifecycle operations.
control-plane:service:delete	Delete a service.
Backups (more info)	Service backups and restore points
control-plane:service:view-backups	View backups and restore points for a service.
control-plane:service:manage-backups	Create, manage, and restore service backups.
IP access list (more info)	Manage IP access lists and network filtering
control-plane:service:manage-ip-access-list	Manage IP access lists and network filtering for a service.
Generative AI (more info)	Configure generative AI features
control-plane:service:manage-generative-ai	Configure and manage generative AI features and settings for a service.
Remote MCP (more info)	Remote MCP server access
control-plane:service:manage-mcp	Enable or disable the remote MCP server for a service.
Query API endpoints (more info)	Query API endpoints
control-plane:service:view-query-api-endpoints	View Query API endpoints and their configuration.
control-plane:service:manage-query-api-endpoints	Create and manage Query API endpoints.
Private endpoints (more info)	Private networking and endpoints
control-plane:service:view-private-endpoints	View private endpoint configuration for a service.
control-plane:service:manage-private-endpoints	Create and manage private endpoints and private networking.
ClickPipes (more info)	ClickPipes integration
control-plane:service:manage-clickpipes	Manage ClickPipes integration and related settings. Accessing the Data Sources tab currently requires `control-plane:service:manage` (“Manage selected services”) as well.
Scaling (more info)	Scaling and autoscaling configuration
control-plane:service:view-scaling-config	View scaling configuration and autoscaling settings for a service.
control-plane:service:manage-scaling-config	Modify scaling configuration and trigger scaling operations.
ClickStack (more info)	ClickStack observability integrations
control-plane:service:manage-clickstack-api	Manage ClickStack API access and related integrations.
SQL console role mapping (more info)	Manage SQL console role assignments
sql-console:database:access	Passwordless access to the database via SQL console (may only be used with sql-console-admin or sql-console-readonly)

Last modified on September 23, 2026