Databricks administration guide
This article provides an overview of Databricks administrator privileges and responsibilities.
Note
For an overview that walks you through the primary tasks you can perform as an administrator, with a focus on getting your team up and running on Databricks, see Get started with Databricks administration.
There are two types of admins available in Databricks. Account admins handle general account management. Workspace admins manage the settings and features of individual workspaces in the account. The following table shows you privileges available to these admin types:
Admin Type |
Description |
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Account admin |
Admin for the entire Databricks account. Each account has one account owner (user who created the account) and can have multiple account admins. Account admins and account owners have the same privileges. They can:
|
Workspace admin |
Admin for an individual workspace. Within their workspace, workspace admins can:
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You will also need users with administrative access to AWS to manage the networking and security for your Databricks instance and IAM credential passthrough.
Delegate workspace admin privileges
Databricks workspace admins are members of the admins
group. To give a user admin privileges, add them to the admins
group using the account console, the admin console, the SCIM API 2.0, or a SCIM-enabled Identity Provider.