Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Imagine running an e-commerce platform. You have administrators who can add products, managers who can view sales reports but not change product listings, and customers who can only view products and place orders.
How do you enforce these rules cleanly and securely? Manually assigning permissions to every new user would be a nightmare.
This is where Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) comes in. It’s a powerful and scalable way to manage who can do what in your system.
This chapter will guide you through the fundamentals of RBAC, from core concepts and database design to scaling strategies for large, distributed systems.