How do I block changes to the Firebase Realtime database from the console

Question

I have read a lot about read/write rules in the Realtime database, but I have not found any information on how to block changes from the console itself.

I am setting up a process where we have a repo for the content, and then push to the realtime database to deploy.

I would like to enforce this method and make it impossible to update it from the firebase console. Can this be achieved?

I still want people to have 'Editor' privilege of the rest of firebase though.

Answer 1

The built-in roles provide a collaborator similar permissions to groups of Firebase services, so they may not be flexible enough to allow this use-case.

Luckily you can also define a custom role in the Cloud console, which allows you fine grained control over what a collaborator can do.

Also see my longer answer (with screenshots) here: Firebase Storage View by certain users