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Permissions

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The Permissions tab in your account settings controls how much of the dashboard non-administrative users can see. It currently holds a single setting, Restrict dashboard for regular users.

To find it, log in to your NetBird dashboard and navigate to Settings > Permissions.

Restrict dashboard for regular users setting in the Permissions tab

Restrict dashboard for regular users

When this setting is enabled, affected users get a reduced dashboard and cannot view any peers, including the peers they own themselves.

This setting is enabled by default on new accounts. If you want regular users to be able to see their own peers, you need to turn it off explicitly.

Who it applies to

The restriction applies to users with the following roles:

  • User (regular users)
  • Billing Admin

Owners and administrators are never affected, and neither are service users acting through an access token with the appropriate permissions.

Despite the name, the setting also restricts billing admins. If you have billing admins who need to see peers, this setting has to be off.

What changes when it is enabled

Affected users keep their network access. The restriction is about visibility in the dashboard, not connectivity. Their peers stay connected and policies continue to apply as normal.

In the dashboard, those users see the following:

  • The Peers page shows a blocked view instead of the peers table
  • Peer and group detail pages are not reachable and redirect back
  • Group and country data is not loaded
  • Parts of the navigation and account menu are hidden

Through the API, peer listing endpoints return an empty list for those users rather than an error.

What changes when it is disabled

Turning the setting off does not give regular users visibility of the whole network. They see only the peers they own, which is the standard behavior for the User role. Administrators continue to see all peers in the account either way.

Changing the setting

  1. Go to Settings > Permissions.
  2. Toggle Restrict dashboard for regular users on or off.
  3. Click Save Changes.

You need permission to update account settings to change this, which in practice means an owner or administrator.