How to manage permissions for vCloud Director
Configuring permissions
To configure permissions for a portal user:
Log in to the UKCloud Portal as an administrator.
For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started Guide for the UKCloud Portal
In the Portal navigation panel, expand the Contacts option and select All Contacts.
On the Contacts page, use the Search field to find the user to whom you want to assign or revoke vCloud Director permissions and then click the Edit button.
On the Edit contact page, select the Permissions tab.
In the Permissions for UKCloud for VMware section, you'll see a list of virtual data centres (VDCs) and the associated permissions available for the portal user.
Select the permission level you want to assign to the user, then scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.
User types and privileges
The first table shows the user types (operations); the second table shows the exact privileges each user type has.
| Operation | Allows the user administrative access to the given vCloud Director organisation with: |
|---|---|
| Console Only (CO) | Permissions for Console access only |
| vApp User (VU) | Permissions for a vApp User |
| vApp Author (VA) | Permissions for a vApp Author |
| Catalogue Author (CA) | Permissions for a Catalogue Author |
| Admin (ADM) | All permissions |
| Group | Privilege | CO | VU | VA | CA | ADM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalog | Add a vApp from My Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Change Owner | ✓ | |||||
| Create/Delete a new Catalog | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Edit Catalog Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Publish a Catalog | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Share a Catalog | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View Private and Shared Catalogs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| View Published Catalogs | ✓ | |||||
| Catalog Item | Add to My Cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Copy/Move a vApp Template/Media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Create/Upload a vApp Template/Media | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Enable vApp Template Download | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Edit vApp Template / Media Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| View vApp Templates/Media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Disk | Change Owner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Create a Disk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Delete a Disk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Edit Disk Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| View Disk Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| vApp | Access to VM Console | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change Owner | ✓ | |||||
| Copy a vApp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Create/Reconfigure a vApp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Create/Revert/Remove a Snapshot | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Delete a vApp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Edit vApp Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Edit VM CPU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Edit VM Hard Disk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Edit VM Memory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Edit VM Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Edit VM Properties | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Manage VM Password Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Share a vApp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Start/Stop/Suspend/Reset a vApp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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