---
title: "Groups, Roles, and Users in Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage"
slug: "groups-roles-and-users"
description: "Groups, Roles, and User identities can be managed through Users & Groups options on the Wasabi menu."
tags: ["Groups", "User Roles", "Users", "Wasabi Menu"]
updated: 2026-01-07T15:57:12Z
published: 2026-01-07T15:57:12Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/groups-roles-and-users"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Groups, Roles, and Users in Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

The Users & Groups section of the Wasabi menu enables you to manage groups, roles, and users.

- A *user* is an individual for whom you create Wasabi authentication, giving that person permission to perform actions in Wasabi.
- A *group* is a set of users that you can manage collectively. Each user and group can be associated with one or more *policies* to define the actions that a user or group member can perform and the conditions under which those actions can take place.
- A *role* is an identity with permission policies that determine what the role can and cannot do in Wasabi. A role can be associated with any user who needs that identity.

Refer to [Step 3 in *Getting Started*](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/creating-a-user-account-and-access-key) to review how to create a group, create a user, assign the user to a group, and attach a policy. In addition, you can review how to assign an access key (for use with third-party applications) to a user.

## Related

- [Groups in Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage](/groups-2.md)
- [Roles in Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage](/roles-1.md)
- [Users in Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage](/users-1.md)