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In the Administration
menu, you can access an overview of users, groups, and account settings.
Here, you can add users to your organization and manage their permissions (roles).
In the Access Control section, you will find the subsections Users, Groups, and Roles.
Through the Users
tab and the New
button, you can add additional users for logging into vCloud Director.
This dialog allows you to create a new user.
User data is stored in the vCD database, making it a local user
.
The following parameters can be configured:
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
Username | Login username |
Password | Login password |
Confirm Password | Repeat the password to avoid typos |
Enable | Activate or deactivate the user account upon creation. Only active users can log in successfully. |
Available Roles | Assign user permissions using a predefined role |
Full Name | Full name of the user (optional) |
Email Address | Email address of the user (optional) |
Phone Number | Phone number of the user (optional) |
In Groups
, you can define groupings for users. This is intended for imported groups from an IdP.
Predefined roles are available under the Roles
section. A role always includes a set of permissions for a user or group.
New
button, you can create additional custom roles that can be assigned to new users.With users configured as vApp Users
, access to individual vApps or VMs can be restricted.
Create a user to share the VM with, or ensure that the user already exists.
Sharing
page in the VM details view and click on Edit
.This procedure works similarly for sharing with a group or sharing a vApp.
In the Administration section under Guest Customization, you can configure a global domain join for Windows VMs for the entire organization, removing the need to configure this individually for each VM.
Guest Customization
option in the administration area and click Edit
.As an organization administrator, you can configure policies and settings for the organization. These influence the behavior and capacity of the entire organization.
Policies
section of the Administration area, you can configure defaults and limits for your organization.The following parameters can be adjusted:
Never Expires
.Suspend
or Power Off
. Note: Only running VMs incur compute costs.Never Expires
.Move Storage
or Delete
.Never Expires
. You can define hours or days before the expiration action is executed.Move Storage
or Delete
.