# Administrator's guide
URL: https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/index.html

> Help for system administrators in managing DataRobot Self-Managed AI Platform deployments.

# Administrator's guide

> [!NOTE] Note
> DataRobot performs service maintenance regularly. Although most maintenance will occur unnoticed, some may cause a temporary impact. Status page announcements provide information on service outages, scheduled maintenance, and historical uptime. You can view and subscribe to notifications from the [DataRobot status page](https://status.datarobot.com/).

**SaaS:**
The DataRobot Administrator's Guide is intended to help administrators manage their DataRobot application. Before starting to set up your users and monitoring tools, you may want to review the [overview](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/admin-overview.html) for a description of a typical admin workflow as well as important concepts for managing users in a DataRobot.

You will work with some or all of the actions described in the following sections:

Topic
Description
Admin
Workflow overview
Preview the workflow and learn about important admin concepts.
Manage user accounts
Learn about setting permissions, RBAC, passwords, and user activity.
Manage groups
Create, assign, and manage group memberships.
Monitor activity
Monitor user and system activity.
Approval policies for deployments
Configure approval policies for governance and control.
Feature settings
View and change feature settings.
Notification service
Integrate centralized notifications for change and incident management.
Reference
SSO
Configure DataRobot and an external Identity Provider (IdP) for user authentication via single sign-on (SSO).
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Assign roles with designated privileges.
User Activity Monitor (UAM)
View Admin, App, and Prediction usage reports, as well as system information.

**Self-Managed:**
The DataRobot Administrator's Guide helps system administrators manage their DataRobot Self-Managed AI Platform deployments.

> [!NOTE] Note
> See the [end of support dates](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/release/deprecations-and-migrations/onprem-eol.html) for Self-Managed AI Platform releases.

Before setting up your users and monitoring tools, you may want to review the [overview](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/admin-overview.html) for a description of a typical admin workflow, as well as important concepts for managing users in DataRobot:

Topic
Description
Workflow overview
Preview the workflow and learn about important admin concepts.
Manage user accounts
Learn about setting permissions, role-based access controls (RBAC), passwords, and user activity.
Manage groups
Create, assign, and manage group memberships.
Manage organizations
Create and assign resources to organizations.
Monitor activity
Monitor user and system activity.
Resource Monitor
Monitor allocation and availability of EDA and modeling workers (compute resources), in a SAAS or standalone cluster environment.

After setting up your users, continue to [Managing the cluster](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/platform/admin/manage-cluster/index.html). The following describes common ongoing admin activities:

Topic
Description
Admin
Manage the cluster
Manage the application, deleted projects, and JDBC drivers; monitor system resources and user activity.
Approval policies for deployments
Configure approval policies for governance and control.
Feature settings
View and change feature settings.
Notification service
Integrate centralized notifications for change and incident management.
Worker resource allocation
Allocate worker resources, whether for individual users or across groups of users via organizations.
Activity monitoring
Monitor user and system activity with the User Activity Monitor.
JDBC drivers
Create and manage JDBC drivers
, and for locked-down systems,
restrict access
to JDBC data stores.
Worker allocation monitoring
Monitor worker allocation with the Resource Monitor.
User management
Deactivate or reactivate users.
Project management
Delete or restore projects.
Licenses
Apply a new license.
Reference
SSO
Configure DataRobot and an external Identity Provider (IdP) for user authentication via single sign-on (SSO).
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Assign roles with designated privileges.
User Activity Monitor (UAM)
View Admin, App, and Prediction usage reports, as well as system information.

Other related documentation

For information on installing and configuring your DataRobot cluster deployment (including
config.yaml
deployment settings), see the
DataRobot Installation and Configuration Guide
provided for your release.

> [!NOTE] Note
> `config.yaml` is the master configuration file for the DataRobot cluster. To modify the configuration, or better understand how your cluster is configured, contact DataRobot Customer Support.

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