RBAC Overview

Overview

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is an access control mechanism that assigns permissions to users based on their roles within an organization. In Casbin, RBAC is a powerful and flexible way to manage user permissions.

RBAC Features in Casbin

Casbin provides comprehensive support for RBAC with several advanced features:

• Basic RBAC: Define role hierarchies and assign users to roles
• RBAC with Pattern: Use pattern matching for flexible role assignments
• RBAC with Domains: Support multi-tenancy with domain-specific roles
• RBAC with Conditions: Add conditional logic to role-based permissions
• RBAC96 Compliance: Understand how Casbin RBAC compares to the NIST RBAC96 standard

Getting Started

To get started with RBAC in Casbin, you'll need to:

1. Define your role hierarchy in the model configuration
2. Assign users to roles through policies
3. Use the RBAC API to manage roles and permissions

Explore the subsections in this category to learn more about each RBAC feature and how to implement them in your application.