Members and roles
Invite teammates to a backupd workspace and understand what Owners, Admins and Members can do.
A workspace holds your databases, backups, schedules and team. You can belong to several workspaces and switch between them with the workspace switcher. Create another one from the same menu.
Roles
| Owner | Admin | Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| View databases, backups, storage, activity and monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backup now, cancel a running backup, Check now | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Download backups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add, edit, pause and remove databases | Yes | Yes | No |
| Restore, Re-run restore test, delete backups | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manage destinations, encryption keys and notification channels | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manage billing and the spending cap | Yes | Yes | No |
| Invite and remove members, change roles | Yes | Yes | No |
| View the audit log | Yes | Yes | No |
| Change an owner's role or remove an owner | Yes | No | No |
| Delete the workspace | Yes | No | No |
Invite a teammate
Owners and admins can invite people from Settings → Members:
- Click Invite, enter the Email address and choose a Role: Member or Admin.
- Click Send invitation. backupd emails them a link to join.
Pending invitations are listed under Pending invitations. Invites expire after 7 days. From the ⋯ menu you can Copy invite link to share it directly, Resend email, or Revoke invitation.
Change a role or remove a member
From the ⋯ menu next to a member, choose Make admin or Make member, or Remove from workspace. Only owners can change another owner. You can't change your own role.
Leave or delete a workspace
In Settings → General, under Danger zone:
- Members and admins can Leave workspace. You'll need a new invitation to rejoin.
- Owners can't leave a workspace. An owner can Delete workspace, which permanently deletes the workspace, its members and pending invitations. Type the workspace name to confirm. This can't be undone.
Workspace settings
Settings → General holds the Workspace name and Workspace URL. Changing the URL breaks existing links to the workspace.
GDPR and your data
Where backupd processes and stores data, who its sub-processors are, how long data is kept, how to delete your account, and how to keep backups in the EU.
Passkeys, two-factor and sessions
Secure your backupd account with passkeys, two-factor authentication and backup codes, and sign out other devices.