Administration

Administrators can manage companies and organizations using the Docker Admin Console. The Admin Console provides centralized observability, access management, and security controls across Docker environments.

Company and organization hierarchy

The Docker Admin Console provides administrators with centralized observability, access management, and controls for their company and organizations. To provide these features, Docker uses the following hierarchy and roles.

Company

A company groups multiple Docker organizations for centralized configuration. Companies are only available for Docker Business subscribers.

Companies have the following administrator role available:

• Company owner: Can view and manage all organizations within the company. Has full access to company-wide settings and inherits the same permissions as organization owners.

Organization

An organization contains teams and repositories. All Docker Team and Business subscribers must have at least one organization.

Organizations have the following administrator role available:

• Organization owner: Can manage organization settings, users, and access controls.

Team

Teams are optional and let you group members to assign repository permissions collectively. Teams simplify permission management across projects or functions.

Member

A member is any Docker user added to an organization. Organization and company owners can assign roles to members to define their level of access.

Note

Creating a company is optional, but organizations are required for Team and Business subscriptions.

Admin Console features

Docker's Admin Console allows you to:

• Create and manage companies and organizations
• Assign roles and permissions to members
• Group members into teams to manage access by project or role
• Set company-wide policies, including SCIM provisioning and security enforcement

Manage companies and organizations

Learn how to manage companies and organizations in the following sections.