Custom role
A custom role is a user-defined authorization role with an explicitly selected set of permissions or privileges.
MongoDB 8.0 in Action, Third Edition
A custom role is a database role whose privileges are explicitly defined rather than inherited solely from a built-in role.
- How it is used
- Restricts MongoDB access to the actions, databases, and collections required by each user or application.
- How deep it goes
- Explains privilege scope, database placement, inheritance limits, and operational scenarios without detailing full role-management workflows.
- Examples
- Uses collection-level UPDATE and FIND privileges plus an analytics role inheriting read access.
- What you can do after
- Configure MongoDB access with narrowly scoped privileges and database-appropriate role inheritance.
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Azure Security
A custom role is an authorization configuration that grants a specifically selected set of permissions to users or other identities.
- How it is used
- Deploys granular Azure RBAC authorization when built-in roles would overpermission users or require multiple role assignments.
- How deep it goes
- Explains permission fields, scope selection, JSON creation, Azure CLI commands, assignment, and wildcard risks.
- Examples
- Uses a Restart Virtual Machines role, JSON permission definitions, Azure CLI commands, and representative creation and assignment output.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch by defining, creating, and assigning a least-privilege Azure RBAC role with JSON and Azure Cloud Shell.
100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
A custom role is a user-defined SQL Server role with specifically selected permissions for a required task.
- How it is used
- Deploys narrowly scoped permissions when fixed server or database roles do not match a required task.
- How deep it goes
- Defines custom server and database roles, shows permission assignments, and cautions against overloading model.
- Examples
- Uses failover permissions and stored-procedure execution as concrete custom-role scenarios.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch using T-SQL grants and membership changes for narrowly defined server or database tasks.
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Related concepts
- role-based access controlused by · Role-based access control is an authorization model that assigns permissions to roles and grants users or other principals access through their assigned roles.
- rolekind of · A role is a defined function, responsibility, perspective, or set of permissions associated with a participant in an organization or system.
- atlas customDbRoles createconfigured by · atlas customDbRoles create is an Atlas CLI command that creates a custom database role with specified privileges.
- role configurationkind of · A role configuration specifies a role and its associated responsibilities, permissions, or expected behavior within a system or organization.
- role hierarchypart of · A role hierarchy is an ordering of roles that establishes relative authority or precedence, and may determine which permissions or instructions take priority.
- scopeconfigured by · Scope is a defined boundary specifying which entities, activities, resources, or conditions are included or governed in a particular context.
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