Access control

Netlify Database is designed to ensure that your production database stays secure while still allowing your team to work collaboratively.

For example, an Internal Builder can propose changes using Agent Runners, such updating the product inventory for the spring sales campaign.

These changes are staged in a preview environment (a different database branch than the production branch) and can only be published by a Team Owner or Developer.

Tip

A common way to enforce this example workflow is to connect your project to a GitHub repo, which creates a pull request for every agent run and requires a Team Owner or Developer to publish changes to production.

Database permissions

Action	Team Owner	Developer or Developer Lite	Internal Builder or Publisher	Reviewer
Propose changes with Agent Runners that require provisioning or modifying a database	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
View database dashboard	Yes	Yes	No	No
View database contents (production branch)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Edit database contents (production branch)	Yes	No	No	No
Copy connection string (production branch)	Yes	Read-only connection string	No	No
View database contents (other branches)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Edit database contents (other branches)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Copy connection string (other branches)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Configure auto-scale or sleep on inactivity	Yes	Yes	No	No
Restore a backup	Yes	No	No	No
Delete database	Yes	No	No	No

Learn more about role-based permissions in our roles and permissions docs.