Authorization and Permissions

You need an authorization to access the secured GridGain clusters via GridGain Nebula.

When you attempt to initiate a permission-protected action on a secured GridGain cluster, you are prompted to enter the cluster-specific username and password.

GridGain Nebula supports the following permissions.

Queries Actions

To work with queries some of the following permissions are required:

Action Permission

Action	Permission
Use the `CREATE TABLE` SQL statement	CREATE_TABLE
Use the `SELECT` SQL statement	SELECT_FROM_TABLE
Use the `DROP TABLE` SQL statement	DROP_TABLE
Use the `INSERT` SQL statement	INSERT_INTO_TABLE
Use the `ALTER TABLE` SQL statement	ALTER_TABLE
Use the `DELETE` SQL statement	DELETE_FROM_TABLE
Use the `UPDATE SQL` statement	UPDATE_TABLE
Use the `CREATE INDEX` SQL statement	CREATE_INDEX
Use the `DROP INDEX SQL` statement	DROP_INDEX
Use the index in SQL statements	USE_INDEX

Use the CREATE TABLE SQL statement

CREATE_TABLE

Use the SELECT SQL statement

SELECT_FROM_TABLE

Use the DROP TABLE SQL statement

DROP_TABLE

Use the INSERT SQL statement

INSERT_INTO_TABLE

Use the ALTER TABLE SQL statement

ALTER_TABLE

Use the DELETE SQL statement

DELETE_FROM_TABLE

Use the UPDATE SQL statement

UPDATE_TABLE

Use the CREATE INDEX SQL statement

CREATE_INDEX

Use the DROP INDEX SQL statement

DROP_INDEX

Use the index in SQL statements

USE_INDEX

To get status of Running Queries and stop them the following permissions are required:

Action	Permission
Get status of running queries	GET_SQL_QUERY_STATE
Stop running queries	KILL_SQL_QUERY

Action

Permission

Get status of running queries

GET_SQL_QUERY_STATE

Stop running queries

KILL_SQL_QUERY

To be able to create,alter and drop Distribution Zone the following permissions are required:

Action	Permission
Create new distribution zones	CREATE_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE
Alter distribution zones	ALTER_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE
Delete distribution zones	DROP_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE

Action

Permission

Create new distribution zones

CREATE_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE

Alter distribution zones

ALTER_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE

Delete distribution zones

DROP_DISTRIBUTION_ZONE

You can find list of the Distribution Zones on Tables page

Code Deployment Actions

Deploy and Remove Code Deployment Unit actions require the following permissions:

Action	Permission
Deploy code deployment unit	DEPLOY_UNIT
Remove deployment unit	UNDEPLOY_UNIT

Action

Permission

Deploy code deployment unit

DEPLOY_UNIT

Remove deployment unit

UNDEPLOY_UNIT

Tables actions

Restart and Reset partition actions require the following permissions:

Action	Permission
Reset partition	RESET_PARTITIONS
Restart partition	RESTART_PARTITIONS

Action

Permission

Reset partition

RESET_PARTITIONS

Restart partition

RESTART_PARTITIONS

Snapshot Actions

The snapshot actions require the following permissions:

Action	Permission
Create snapshot	CREATE_SNAPSHOT
Remove snapshot	DELETE_SNAPSHOT
Restore snapshot	RESTORE_SNAPSHOT

Action

Permission

Create snapshot

CREATE_SNAPSHOT

Remove snapshot

DELETE_SNAPSHOT

Restore snapshot

RESTORE_SNAPSHOT

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Last updated on Aug 08, 2025