Cloud Director local user management
- Robert Brink
Introduction
This guide will assist in creating and managing local Cloud Director accounts in a specific tenant (customer organization).
Prerequisites
Cloudist VDC service is enabled for the specific tenant
Portal account with SuperAdmin or Admin role assigned (corresponds to Cloud Director Organizational Administrator role).
Procedure
Please note: When creating local Cloud Director user accounts make sure to enforce a strong password policy of your own since Cloud Director only has a minimum password requirement of 6 characters and no requirement for complex passwords.
See VMware documentation for further details - https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Director/10.2/VMware-Cloud-Director-Tenant-Portal-Guide/GUID-FE38C285-7605-4473-870C-6AD44D8BF42E.html
Please note: local Cloud Director user accounts will be deprecated in upcoming releases of the product.
See VMware information for further details;
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudprovider/2023/04/vcds-progression-towards-eliminating-local-users-know-more.html
Please note: The local Cloud Director user cannot be managed through Cloudist Portal, only through Cloud Director user interface or API.
Log in to https://portal.cloudist.se
Select Virtual Data Center
Select the Virtual Datacenter you want to manage and click on the Virtual Datacenter name
In Cloud Director interface, go to Administration, Access Control, Users and click New and fill in the details and select the appropriate role, click Save.
