How to Manage A Workspace
2. User Management
- Add or invite users: Go to the workspace's user management area and invite users by email or assign existing users to the workspace.
- Assign roles: Assign roles such as Workspace Owner, Workspace Manager, or Workspace User to control permissions.
- Manage groups: Use groups to simplify access management for teams.
- Remove users: Remove users or change their roles as needed to maintain security and compliance.
3. Tags
- Add tags: Use tags to add business context, such as cost center, environment, or owner, to your workspace.
- Mandatory tags: Some tags may be required by your organization for compliance or reporting.
- Tag replication: Tags can be automatically replicated to projects and platform resources for consistent metadata.
4. Environments (Projects)
- Create projects: Organize your workspace into projects for different environments (e.g., development, testing, production).
- Assign users to projects: Control access to each environment by assigning users or groups to specific projects.
- Manage project settings: Configure project-specific settings, such as quotas, tags, and platform connections.
5. Financials
- View costs: Access cost and usage reports for your workspace and its projects.
- Budgeting: Set budgets or alerts to monitor spending and avoid overruns.
- Cost allocation: Use tags and project structure to allocate costs to teams, applications, or business units.
6. Additional Management Tasks
- Connect platforms: Link cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) to your workspace for resource provisioning.
- Configure landing zones: Set up landing zones for secure and compliant cloud environments.
- Workspace settings: Update workspace details, such as name, description, and contact information.
- Audit and compliance: Review activity logs and ensure your workspace meets organizational policies.
Summary
Managing a workspace in meshStack involves organizing users, projects, and resources, applying tags for context, and monitoring financials. Use the workspace management features to keep your cloud environments secure, organized, and cost-effective.