User Roles in WebSphere Application Server
Monitor:- This role is least privilleged role ans it only allows a user to view the WebSphere configuration and current application server state.
Configurator:- This role provides Monitor privileges plus the ability to change the WebSphere configuration.
Operator:- Monitor privileges plus ability to change runtime state, such as starting or stopping servers.
Administrator:- Operator, Configuration, and iscadmins privileges, plus additional privileges granted solely to the administrator role, such as
a) Modifying the primary administrative users and passwords.
b) Mapping users and groups to the administrator role
c) Enabling or disabling administrative and java 2 security
Additional console security roles :
Iscadmins (Integrated solutions console):-
a) Only available for Admin console users
b) Allows a user to manage users and groups in the federated repository.
Deployer:-
a) Only available for wsadmin users(not for Admin console)
b) Allows a user to change configuration and runtime state on application using wsadmin
Admin Security Manager:-
a) Only available for wsadmin users
b) Allows a user to map users to administrative roles using wsadmin