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Table Of Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Introduction to the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Installing and Configuring the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Functional Prerequisites
- Install the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Configure the Connection to a View Pod
- Assigning Delegated Administrators to Desktop and Application Pools
- Best Practices for Managing Workflow Permissions
- Set a Policy for De-Provisioning Desktop Virtual Machines
- Using Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows
- Making the Workflows Available in vSphere Web Client and vCloud Automation Center
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vSphere Web Client
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vCloud Automation Center
- Create Business Groups for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Services for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Entitlements for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Bind vCAC60 Workflows to Specific Pods and Pools in vCloud Automation Center
- Configure the Catalog Item for the Workflow
- Index
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Web Client as administrator@vsphere.local or as another user with vCenter Single
Sign-On administrator privileges.
2 Create a Delegated Administrators group.
a Browse to Administration > Single Sign-On > Users and Groups.
b Select the Groups tab and click the New Group icon.
c Supply a name such as Delegated Admins and click OK.
The new group appears in the list.
3 Select the group you just created and use the Group Members section of the tab to add a delegated
administrator user to this group.
This user must be a member of the domain that includes the View Connection Server instance.
4 Create a role that has permission to read vCenter extensions.
a Browse to Administration > Roles.
b On the Roles tab, click the Create role action icon.
c Supply a name for the role and select the Extensions check box.
If you expand the Extensions item, you see that the Register extension, Unregister extension, and
Update extension check boxes are also selected.
d Click OK.
The new role appears in the list.
5 Add the new role you just created to the new group you created.
a Go to the vCenter Home page and browse to vCenter > Inventory Lists > vCenters.
b Select the appropriate vCenter instance in the left pane, and click the Manage tab.
c On the Manage tab, click Permissions and click the Add permission icon.
d In the Users and Groups pane, click Add and add the group you just created.
To find the group, select the correct domain.
The group appears in the list of users and groups in the Add Permission dialog box.
e In the Assigned Role pane, click the drop-down arrow and select the role you just created.
In the list of permissions for this role, a check mark appears next to Extensions.
f Click OK.
The group appears on the Permissions tab, along with the role you just assigned.
What to do next
Provide the Delegated Administrators group access to the Horizon vCO plug-in workflows. See “Provide
Access Rights to the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows,” on page 16.
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
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