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# Work with tenants

<Note title="Note">
  This document introduces the instructions for working with tenants on StreamNative Console. The details may vary depending on the specific product and version number that you use.
</Note>

A **tenant** is an administrative unit for allocating capacity and enforcing an authentication or authorization scheme. After creating a cluster, you can create one or more tenants for the organization.

## Create a tenant

To create a tenant, follow these steps.

1. On the left navigation pane, under **Tenants/Namespaces**, select the current default tenant/namespace, and then click **New Tenant**.

2. On the Tenants page, click **New Tenant**.

3. Configure the tenant, as outlined in the following table.

   | Item             | Description                                                                                                                       |
   | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | Tenants          | Enter a name for the tenant. A tenant name can contain any combination of lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-) |
   | Allowed Clusters | Select an allowed cluster for the tenant.                                                                                         |
   | Admin Roles      | (Optional) Select one or more administrators for the tenant.                                                                      |

4. Click **Confirm**.

## Edit a tenant

To edit a tenant, follow these steps.

1. On the left navigation pane, in the **Admin** section, click **Tenants**.

2. Click **Edit** in the **Action** column.

3. Select the **Configuration** tab where you can edit the following:

   | Item             | Description                                                                                                                          |
   | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | Allowed Clusters | Select one allowed cluster for the tenant.                                                                                           |
   | Admin Roles      | Select one administrator for the tenant. Or, you can click **Add Role** and then select the available administrators for the tenant. |

4. To add more namespaces for the tenant, click the link on the tenant name and then click **New Namespace**. For details about how to create a namespace, see [create a namespace](/cloud/manage-data-streams/namespace#create-a-namespace).

## Delete a tenant

<Note title="Note">
  You cannot delete a tenant if there are resources associated with the tenant.
</Note>

To delete a tenant, follow these steps.

1. On the left navigation pane, in the **Admin** section, click **Tenants**.

2. Click **Edit** in the **Action** column.

3. Select the **Configuration** tab.

4. Click **Delete Tenant**. A dialog box displays asking, *Are you sure you want to delete this?*

5. Enter the tenant name and then click **Confirm**.

## Next step

* [Work with namespaces](/cloud/manage-data-streams/namespace)