Workspaces enable an organization to segment traffic so that teams of Admins sharing the same Kong cluster are only able to interact with entities from their groups. Within a Workspace, it is possible to invite Admins to a particular team and to enforce RBAC with Roles and Permissions that further delimit the types of actions and entities available to an Admin.
Default Workspace
When the first Super Admin logs in, they begin in the Workspace named default. From here, they may invite Admins who are intended to be able to manage all other Workspaces, as well as the Workspaces themselves.
Navigating across Workspaces in Kong Manager
To navigate between Workspaces from the Overview page, click on any Workspace displayed beneath the Vitals chart.
The list of Workspaces may be rendered as cards or a table, depending on preference.
Creating New Workspaces
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Log in as the Super Admin. On the Workspaces page, click the New Workspace button at the top right to see the Create Workspace form. Name and choose a color / icon for the new Workspace.
⚠️ WARNING: Do not name Workspaces the same as these major routes in Kong Manager:
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Click the “Create New Workspace” button. Upon creation, the application will navigate to the new Workspace’s dashboard.
Delete or Edit a Workspace
⚠️ IMPORTANT: In order to delete a Workspace, everything inside the Workspace must be deleted first. This includes default Roles on the “Admins” page.
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Within the Workspace, navigate to the “Dashboard” page.
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At the top right, click the “Settings” button.
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Edit or delete the Workspace.
Workspace Access
If a Role does not have permission to access entire endpoints within a Workspace, the Admin assigned to that Role will not be able to see the related navigation links.
For more information about Admins and Roles, see RBAC in Kong Manager.