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Manager Glossary

Term Meaning in Manager
Execution context The account, S3 user, or eligible S3 connection whose credentials execute Manager actions.
S3 account Account-scoped storage context used for bucket and IAM administration.
S3 user Ceph RGW user context that may expose a Manager subset when explicitly assigned.
S3 connection Credential-backed context for a supported S3 endpoint.
Account administrator The Manager account role stored as account_administrator. It is independent from Portal roles.
IAM Storage-side identities, groups, roles, and policies exposed by an endpoint that supports IAM.
Access key Access-key ID plus secret used by an S3/IAM principal. The secret is shown only by an authorized creation or delivery flow.
Topic SNS topic used by supported S3 notification workflows.
Manager tool Optional compare, integrity, purge, or migration workflow with its own enablement and access rules.
Embedded Browser Object Browser rendered inside Manager and bound to the active Manager context when data access is allowed.
AccessDenied Storage-side authorization failure for the active execution identity.

A portal_manager is a Portal project role. It does not grant Manager access.