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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Master the configuration, programming, and interaction of plugins with Orchestrator to efficiently automate your VMware infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392246
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator FREE CHAPTER 2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration 3. Visual Programming 4. Working with Plugins 5. Basic Orchestrator Operations 6. Advanced Operations 7. Working with VMware Infrastructure Index

User management


In this recipe, we will see how to control access to Orchestrator. You will learn how to give and control access to users outside the Orchestrator administrator group.

Getting ready

We need a running Orchestrator configured either with SSO, AD, or LDAP.

Also, we need either access to a user management system (LDAP, SSO, or AD) or the existence of other users and groups on a given user management system.

How to do it...

We have three parts to this recipe each for different tasks.

Adding users to the Orchestrator Administrator group

During the configuration of Orchestrator, you specify a user group that is a member of the Orchestrator Administrator group. If you are using the vCenter Orchestrator installation, then this is the Orchestrator administrators group in vsphere.local. To add a user to the Orchestrator Administrator group, follow these steps:

  1. Access your user management tool (SSO, AD, or LDAP).

  2. Add an additional user to the group you defined as Orchestrator administrators.

  3. Open...

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