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Managing your workspaces#

This guide describes how to perform common workspace management tasks.

Managing workspaces#

Add a workspace#

By default, each account has a single default workspace. If you have the Admin role, you can add more workspaces to the account.

To add a new workspace to your account:

  1. Navigate to Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.
  2. Click Create workspace. A dialog appears.
  3. Under Name, enter a name for the new workspace.
  4. Click Create workspace to create the new workspace.

Rename a workspace#

If you have the Admin role in your account, you can rename workspaces in the account.

To rename a workspace in your account:

  1. Navigate to Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.
  2. In the target workspace's row, click ⋮. A context menu appears.
  3. Click Rename. A dialog appears.
  4. Edit or replace the name in the Name input.
  5. Click Rename to update the workspace name.

Close a workspace#

If you have the Admin role in your account, you can close workspaces in the account, with the exception of the default workspace.

Warning

You must terminate all instances and delete all filesystems from the workspace before you can remove it.

To remove a workspace from your account:

  1. Back up any important data, and then terminate all instances and delete all filesystems in the workspace you want to close.
  2. Navigate to Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.
  3. In the row containing the user's details, click ⋮. A context menu appears.
  4. Click Close workspace. A modal appears.
  5. Review the warning text.
  6. If you still want to proceed, enter the displayed text into the input field and then click Close workspace to finish closing the workspace.

View all workspaces in an account#

To view a list of the workspaces in your Lambda Cloud account, visit Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.

Managing workspace users#

Add a user to a workspace#

By default, the users you invite to your account can only access the default workspace. To give users access to a different workspace, you must add them manually. You must have the Admin role in your account to add users to a workspace.

To add a user to a workspace in your account:

  1. If you haven't already done so, invite the user to your account. The user must already belong to your account before you can add them to a workspace in the account.
  2. Navigate to Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.
  3. In the target workspace's row, click ⋮. A context menu appears.
  4. Click Manage access. A dialog appears.
  5. Click Add user. Another dialog appears.
  6. Under User, select the user you want to add to the workspace.
  7. Click Add to add the user.

Remove users from a workspace#

If you have an Admin role in your account, you can remove users from workspaces in the account.

To remove a user from a workspace:

  1. Navigate to Account settings > Workspaces in the Lambda Cloud console.
  2. In the target workspace's row, click ⋮. A context menu appears.
  3. Click Manage access. A dialog appears.
  4. Find the user you want to remove.
  5. In that user's row, click Remove. A modal appears.
  6. Click Remove user to remove the user from the workspace.