Understanding User Roles

Apphold has two user roles that determine what actions a user can perform within the application.

Administrator

Administrators have full access to all Apphold features. This includes:

  • Monitor Management — Create, edit, and delete monitors and view all telemetry data
  • User Management — Create, edit, and delete user accounts
  • Application Settings — Configure global application settings
  • System Information — View system status and version information

The first account created during installation is always an administrator account.

Regular User

Regular users have access to monitoring features but cannot manage other users or application settings:

  • Monitor Management — Create, edit, and delete their own monitors
  • Dashboard Access — View dashboards and uptime history for their monitors
  • Personal Settings — Change their own profile, password, and preferences

Privacy Between Users

Each user's monitors and telemetry data are completely private. Regular users cannot see, search, or access monitors belonging to other users. Administrators also cannot view other users' monitoring data through the application interface.

Data isolation ensures that each user's monitoring configuration and collected telemetry data remain private and secure.

Managing Users (Admin Only)

As an administrator, you can manage users from the settings panel:

  1. Navigate to Settings → Users
  2. Click Add User to create a new account
  3. Fill in the user's name, email, password, and role
  4. Click Save to create the account

You can also edit existing users to change their role, reset their password, or deactivate their account.

Continue to Application Settings to learn about configuring Apphold.