Administration

Operating a realm's users and data: the admin API and UI, the command line, audit trail, erasure, compliance and the security model.

These pages are for whoever runs a realm — not for application code:

Task	Page
Manage users and roles from a service	Admin API
Point-and-click administration	Admin UI
`backd bootstrap`, `backd login`, day-to-day CLI	Command line
See who did what	Audit trail
Deactivate or erase a user	Deleting and erasing users
Personal data, consents, retention	Compliance
What backd protects, and the pre-exposure checklist	Security model

Create a realm’s first administrator with backd bootstrap, then manage users and API keys from the command line through the admin API.

Manage a realm’s users and roles from server-side services with an API key.

The web interface for operating a realm: switching it on, who sees what, and where to serve it.

A permanent, append-only record of who changed users, roles, network restrictions, API keys and invitations, and when.

Deactivate an account and keep its data, or erase a user: a tombstone, and the collections’ policies applied. What is kept, and for how long.

What backd provides for privacy compliance (personal data scope, consents, erasure, retention) and what stays your job.

What backd protects, how, and a checklist before exposing it.