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 vSphere / vRA authentication or AD. Check the recipe Configuring an external Authentication in Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Orchestrator.
Also, we need either access to a user management system (LDAP, SSO, or AD) or to have other users and groups on a given user management system. If you are using the Orchestrator appliance without any external authentication you can use the local LDAP user vcoadmin
and vrouser
which are set out in the recipe Configuring an external Authentication in
Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Orchestrator.
How to do it...
We have three parts to this recipe, each for different tasks.
Giving non-administrative users access to Orchestrator
Giving restricted access to users is better than just adding everyone to...