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How to change the Workspace Owner of a meshWorkspace via API

This how-to guide is targeted at Cloud Foundation Partners. You need a meshObject API user with permissions Get any meshObject, Import any supported meshObject, and Allow assignment of the Workspace Owner role to a user or group to run through the steps below.

If the meshWorkspace does not have a Workspace Owner yet, you can add yourself as a Workspace Manager and assign yourself the Workspace Owner role via the panel.

If the meshWorkspace has a single Workspace Owner set, you do not need to use a meshObjectCollection and can start at step 3.

If the meshWorkspace has two Workspace Owners set, you need to follow all three steps.

Step 1: Create a meshObjectCollection​

Follow API docs to create a meshObjectCollection.

curl --location --request POST 'https://backend-url/api/meshobjectcollections' \
--header 'Content-Type:  application/vnd.meshcloud.api.meshobjectcollection.v1+json;charset=UTF-8' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic xyz' \
--data-raw '{
"name": "collection-my-workspace-customer-owners",
"owner": "partner@meshcloud.io",
"description": "This is a meshObjectCollection."
}'

Step 2: Import existing Workspace Owners into the meshObjectCollection​

Import the existing meshWorkspaceUserBindings for the Workspace Owners into the meshObjectCollection. Importing is done by specifying the meshObjectCollection in the request URL.

curl --location --request PUT 'https://backend-url/api/meshobjects?meshObjectCollection=collection-my-workspace-customer-owners&owner=partner@meshcloud.io' \
--header 'Content-Type:  application/vnd.meshcloud.api.meshobjects.v1+yaml;charset=UTF-8' \
--header 'Accept:  application/vnd.meshcloud.api.meshobjects.v1+json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic xyz' \
--data-raw 'apiVersion: v1
kind: meshWorkspaceUserBinding
roleRef:
  name: Workspace Owner
targetRef:
  name: my-workspace
subjects:
  - name: partner-old@meshcloud.io'

Step 3: Set yourself as Workspace Owner​

Set yourself as Workspace Owner.

# If you skipped steps 1 and 2, replace the first line of the command below with:
# curl --location --request PUT 'https://backend-url/api/meshobjects \
# If you went through steps 1 and 2, run the command as is:
curl --location --request PUT 'https://backend-url/api/meshobjects?meshObjectCollection=collection-my-workspace-customer-owners&owner=partner@meshcloud.io' \
--header 'Content-Type:  application/vnd.meshcloud.api.meshobjects.v1+yaml;charset=UTF-8' \
--header 'Accept:  application/vnd.meshcloud.api.meshobjects.v1+json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic xyz' \
--data-raw 'apiVersion: v1
kind: meshWorkspaceUserBinding
roleRef:
  name: Workspace Owner
targetRef:
  name: my-workspace
subjects:
  - name: partner-new@meshcloud.io'