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For a\nbrief explanation, see the following descriptions:\n\n- **Role:** the top-level designation that describes both database users and\n groups of database users across a cluster. Roles provide, and restrict,\n access to database objects, such as tables and functions.\n\n- **User:** the role that's given the\n [`LOGIN`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/role-attributes.html#ROLE-ATTRIBUTES)\n attribute. Users can authenticate and sign into AlloyDB\n database clusters.\n\n- **Group:** the role that's granted to one or more users. The purpose of\n groups is to control the privileges that many users have as a whole.\n\nHow database authentication works\n---------------------------------\n\nTo authenticate and sign into your AlloyDB database clusters, you\nhave two options:\n\n- [Built-in PostgreSQL password-based authentication](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/auth-password.html#AUTH-PASSWORD): to verify user identity, AlloyDB compares the provided credentials against stored, hashed passwords. The supported methods include `md5`, `scram-sha-256`, and `password`.\n- [IAM authentication](/alloydb/docs/database-users/manage-iam-auth): lets database users authenticate using IAM. This provides enhanced security and centralizes access control across other Google Cloud services.\n\nPredefined roles\n----------------\n\nPostgreSQL provides [predefined roles](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/predefined-roles.html#PREDEFINED-ROLES)\nwith various privileges. In addition to these predefined roles,\nAlloyDB provides several more predefined user and group roles.\n\nThe following tables lists the roles, and role privileges, that\nAlloyDB provides:\n\nThe following subsections explain the uses of these roles.\n\n### `alloydbsuperuser` group role\n\n`alloydbsuperuser` lets you set up your database system and perform other\nsuperuser tasks. This role has the following privileges:\n\n- Create extensions that require superuser privileges\n- Create event triggers\n- Create replication users\n- Create replication publications and subscriptions\n\nAs a managed service, AlloyDB doesn't let you grant users the\nPostgreSQL `superuser` role. Instead, you can give any database user\nAlloyDB superuser privileges if you grant them the\n`alloydbsuperuser` role.\n\n### `postgres` user role\n\nThe `postgres` user role is part of `alloydbsuperuser`. When you create an\nAlloyDB cluster, you assign a password to `postgres`. Then, you\nsign in to your system using `postgres` to perform tasks such as to create\ndatabases or additional roles.\n\n### `alloydbimportexport` user role\n\nWhen you create an AlloyDB cluster, AlloyDB\ncreates `alloydbimportexport` with the minimal set of privileges it requires for\nimport and export operations.\n\nYou have the option to create your own users to perform these operations. If you\ndon't create a custom `alloydbimportexport` user, the system uses the default\n`alloydbimportexport` user for import and export operations.\n\n`alloydbimportexport` is a system user. This means that you can't directly\nuse `alloydbimportexport` user to sign in or perform other operations in your\nPostgreSQL databases.\n\n### `alloydbagent` user role\n\nThe `alloydbagent` role is an internal AlloyDB system role. The\nAlloyDB service manages the role and you can't manually grant it\nto database accounts. This management ensures that the database and its features\nfunction correctly.\n\n### `alloydbreplica` user role\n\nThe `alloydbreplica` role is an internal AlloyDB system role. The\nAlloyDB service manages the role and you can't manually grant it\nto database accounts. This management ensures that the database and its features\nfunction correctly.\n\n### `alloydbiamuser` group role\n\nDatabase users within the `alloydbiamuser` group authenticate with an\nAlloyDB instance by using IAM,\ninstead of using built-in PostgreSQL\n[password-based authentication](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/auth-password.html#AUTH-PASSWORD).\n\nAlloyDB doesn't let you grant `alloydbiamuser` to users\nusing the `GRANT` PostgreSQL command or similar methods. Instead, you can use\nAlloyDB administrative tools to create and manage\nIAM-based database users. For more information, see\n[Manage IAM authentication](/alloydb/docs/database-users/manage-iam-auth).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn how to\n [manage PostgreSQL roles, users, and groups](/alloydb/docs/database-users/manage-roles)\n for AlloyDB using built-in authentication.\n\n- Learn how to\n [manage IAM authentication](/alloydb/docs/database-users/manage-iam-auth)."]]
