Strapi Roles and Permission plugin doesnt exist in side bar?

Question

I setted up Strapi through NPX and ran

npx create-strapi-app my-project --quickstart

I am using strapi and here is my side bar

Normally i expected it to be like the following:

I dont know why but I cannot access Roles & Permission tab as it is not there. I need this tab for API permission customization. I checked the docs and it says that is should be there following:

"This plugin provides a way to protect your API with a full authentication process based on JWT. This plugin comes also with an ACL strategy that allows you to manage the permissions between the groups of users.

To access the plugin admin panel, click on the Roles & Pemissions link in the left menu."

I have no idea what is wrong with my dashboard. How may i access this plugin?

Answer 1

Okay, strange enough I wasted 30 minutes on this, so it turns out they decided to change their UI in version 3.x and somehow when you search for "Roles & Permissions strapi" on google, it leads you to old documents, which is frustrating and misleading :))))

New docs link here

Roles & Permissions. This plugin provides a way to protect your API with a full authentication process based on JWT. This plugin comes also with an ACL strategy that allows you to manage the permissions between the groups of users.

To access the plugin admin panel, click on the Settings link in the left menu and then everything will be under the USERS & PERMISSIONS PLUGIN section.

#Concept

Answer 2

If you in version3.x Go to Settings -> User & Permission -> Roles -> Authenticated or Public -> on Permissions Widget --> select Application.

Answer 3

If you are on Strapi v4.x, install the plugin and it will be shown on the sidebar:

npm i @strapi/plugin-users-permissions