Teams

Use teams to give a whole group - or an external partner - shared access to a project, via a unique invite code and a set of permissions.

A team gives a group of people shared access to your account with one set of permissions. Teams are the usual way to give several people access to a project at once - for example your own developers, or an external partner such as a web agency - instead of creating and maintaining a contact for every individual.

The Teams tab under Manage contacts
The Teams tab under Manage contacts

Why use a team instead of contacts

  • One set of permissions for the whole group. Set what the team may do once; everyone in the team inherits it. You do not repeat the permissions person by person.

  • Built for projects and partners. Give a team access to the services that make up a project (for example a TurboStack server and its Domain Name System (DNS)), so the right people can work on it together.

  • Easy to invite and remove. People join with an invite code, and you can change the team's permissions or remove the team in one place.

Invite a team with an invite code

You add people to a team with a unique invite code:

Inviting a team with an invite code and permissions
Inviting a team with an invite code and permissions
  1. Select Manage contacts > Teams, then Invite Team.

  2. Give the team a Name and Description.

  3. Set the Invite Code - a unique code you share with the people who should join. Anyone with the code can join the team and receive its permissions, so treat it like a password.

  4. Optionally enable Allow notifications to remote team members.

  5. Choose the team's permissions (see below), then select Save changes.

Share the invite code with the people who should join. To create a team without an invite, use Add new team on the same screen.

Permissions and pre-made privileges

A team uses the same permissions as a contact - see Contacts > Permissions for the full list and what each group does. Two points are worth repeating:

  • TurboStack > Access UI is required for team members to sign in to the TurboStack Platform and manage the servers there.

  • Granting the Billing or Support permissions sends team members the billing/administrative or technical emails for your services.

To set permissions quickly, use the Pre-made privileges presets at the top of the list:

Preset Use it for
None Start from nothing and pick each permission yourself.
Full privileges A trusted team that manages the whole account.
Accounting People who handle invoices and billing.
Technical staff Developers and operators who manage services - typically including Access UI.

Pick a preset as a starting point, then fine-tune the individual permissions.