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title: "Create Groups"
slug: "users-guide-create-groups"
updated: 2026-03-17T10:07:04Z
published: 2026-03-17T10:07:04Z
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# Create Groups

## 1.0 Introduction

This article describes how to create a group, manage user permissions within a group, update group details, and remove a group when it is no longer needed in Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager (CCM).

A group is a collection of users and objects that helps users manage identities, create collaborating groups, and organize and secure applications, datasets, and workflows that belong to the group.

*For more information, refer to*[*Groups and Collaboration Groups - Concepts*](/v1/docs/users-guide-groups-and-third-party-groups-concepts)*.*

## 2.0 Create a Group

Perform the following steps to create a group:

1. In the CCM left navigation panel, click **Groups**, and then click **+ ADD GROUP**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Add-group.png)

**Figure 1: Create Group**
2. On the**GROUP**form:
  1. **Name**: Enter a name for the group. For example, **Demo Group**.
  2. **Description**(optional): Enter a short description for the group.
  3. **Labels**(optional): Add one or more key–value labels to the group.
3. Click **SAVE**to create the group.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/add-group-dialog-box.png)

**Figure 2: Create new group**

The group is created successfully.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> - For existing Fortanix CCM accounts, after the CCM 3.35 release, a default group is automatically created for all resources such as applications, datasets, workflows, and images.
> - For a new Fortanix CCM account, you must create a group manually.
> - From the detailed view of a group, you can view all associated users, tasks, applications, images, datasets, application configurations, inbound and outbound connectors, scripts and workflows.
> - In the detailed view of a group, the **Users** section lists the members of the group.
>   - Users with the **Administrator**role are automatically added to all groups as Group Administrators and cannot be removed.
>   - Users with the **Viewer**role are automatically added to all groups as Group Auditors and cannot be removed.
>   - Users with the **Editor**role must be manually added to groups as a **Group Administrator** or **Group Auditor**. They can be removed from the group only if they are assigned the **Group Auditor** role. *For more information, refer to*[*Section 3.0: Assign Group Permission for a User*](/v1/docs/users-guide-create-groups#30-assign-group-permission-for-a-user)*.*
> - In the CCM 3.35 version, existing users with the **Editor**role cannot view objects created by themselves or by an Administrator after migration. To restore access, an **Administrator**must add the Editor user to the**CCM_DEFAULT**group as a **Group Administrator**.
> - You can create applications, application configurations, users, datasets, and workflows directly from the group details page.
> - *For information about the collaborating groups, refer to*[*Groups and Collaboration Groups - Concepts*](/v1/docs/users-guide-groups-and-third-party-groups-concepts).

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Demo-group-created-screen.png)

**Figure 3: Group detailed view**

## 3.0 Assign Group Permission for a User

Users with **Editor**roles in a CCM account must manually be added to a group as **Group administrator** or **Group auditor**.

Perform the following steps:

1. From the CCM left navigation panel, click **Users**, and then click **+ ADD USERS**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/demo-group-add-user.png)

**Figure 4: Add user to group**
2. On the **USERS**form:
  1. From the list of available users, select the user you want to add to the group.
  2. Assign the appropriate group permission (**Group Administrator**or **Group Auditor**) to the selected user.
  3. Click **SAVE**to apply the changes.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/add-user-from-group.png)

**Figure 5: Select user**

## 4.0 Edit a Group

Perform the following steps to edit a group:

1. In the group’s table view, click the overflow menu ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Overflow.png) for the group and select **EDIT GROUP** to edit the group.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/edit-group.png)

**Figure 6: Edit Group**
2. On the **GROUP**form, update the required fields, such as name, description and labels.
3. Click **SAVE**to apply the changes.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/confirm-edit-group-action.png)

**Figure 7: Edit group details**

## 5.0 Remove a Group

Perform the following steps to delete a group:

1. In the group table view, click the overflow menu ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Overflow.png) for the group you want to remove and click **REMOVE GROUP** to delete the group.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/delete-group.png)

**Figure 8: Remove Group**
2. Click **DELETE** to confirm the action.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/comfirm-delete-group-action.png)

**Figure 9: Confirm action**

## Related

- [Add and Edit an Application](/users-guide-add-and-edit-an-application.md)
- [Key Lifecycle Management](/users-guide-fortanix-data-security-manager-key-lifecycle-management.md)
- [Authorization](/users-guide-authorization.md)
- [Command-Line Interface (CLI) for Fortanix DSM (sdkms-cli)](/clients-command-line-interface-cli-for-fortanix-data-security-manager.md)
- [Groups and Collaboration Groups - Concepts](/users-guide-groups-and-collaboration-groups-concepts.md)