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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Contents
- vCloud Director User's Guide
- Getting Started with vCloud Director
- Managing Users and Groups
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Virtual Datacenters
- Managing Organization vDC Networks
- Configuring Oganization vDC Network Services
- Configure DHCP for an Organization vDC Network
- Configure the Firewall for an Organization vDC Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to an Organization vDC Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization vDC Network
- Enable VPN for an Organization vDC Network
- Create a VPN Tunnel In an Organization
- Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations
- Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network
- Enable Static Routing for an Organization vDC Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization vDC Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization vDC Networks
- Reset an Organization vDC Network
- View IP Use for an Organization vDC Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization vDC Network IP Pool
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization vDC Network
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization vDC Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization vDC Network
- Configuring Oganization vDC Network Services
- Managing Expired Items
- Working in an Organization
- Understanding Leases
- Set Up an Organization
- Review Your Organization Profile
- Modify Your Email Settings
- Modify Your Organization's Policies
- Set Default Domain for Organization Virtual Machines
- Enable Your Organization to Use an SAML Identity Provider
- Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization
- Manage Resources in Your Organization
- Manage Virtual Machines in Your Organization
- Viewing Organization Log Tasks and Events
- Working with Catalogs
- Working with Media Files
- Working with vApp Templates
- Open a vApp Template
- Add a vApp Template to My Cloud
- Download a vApp Template
- Upload an OVF Package as a vApp Template
- Resume the Upload of a vApp Template
- Copy a vApp Template from a Public Catalog to an Organization Catalog
- Copy a vApp Template Between an Organization's Catalogs
- Move a vApp Template Between an Organization's Catalogs
- Delete a vApp Template
- Save a vApp as a vApp Template
- Modify vApp Template Properties
- Working with vApps
- Create a vApp From a vApp Template
- Create a New vApp
- Import a Virtual Machine as a vApp
- About the vApp Placement Engine
- Copy a vApp
- Start a vApp
- Start a vApp with an Older Version of VMware Tools
- Stop a vApp
- Suspend a vApp
- Discard the Suspended State of a vApp
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- View vApp Virtual Machines
- Add a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Import a Virtual Machine to a vApp from vSphere
- Remove Virtual Machines from a vApp
- Set vApp Start and Stop Options
- Working with Networks in a vApp
- View vApp Networks
- Adding Networks to a vApp
- Configuring Network Services for a vApp Network
- Configure DHCP for an vApp Network
- Configure the Firewall for a vApp Network
- Add a Firewall Rule to a vApp Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for a vApp Network
- Enable IP Masquerading for a vApp Network
- Add a Port Forwarding Rule to a vApp Network
- Add an IP Translation Rule to a vApp Network
- Reorder Port Forwarding Rules for a vApp Network
- Enable Static Routing for a vApp Network
- Add Static Routes to vApp Networks
- Reset Your vApp Network
- Delete a vApp Network
- Modify Network Properties
- Display the IP Allocations for Your vApp Network
- Configure IP Address Persistence
- View Syslog Server Settings for a vApp Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to a vApp Network
- Editing vApp Properties
- Display a vApp Diagram
- Change the Owner of a vApp
- Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a vApp
- Save vApp as a vApp Template to Your Catalog
- Create a Snapshot of a vApp
- Revert a vApp to a Snapshot
- Remove a Snapshot of a vApp
- Copy a vApp to Another vDC
- Move a vApp to Another vDC
- Delete a vApp
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Open a Virtual Machine Console
- Power On a Virtual Machine
- Power Off a Virtual Machine
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Suspend a Virtual Machine
- Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine
- Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine
- Insert a CD/DVD
- Eject a CD/DVD
- Insert a Floppy
- Eject a Floppy
- Upgrade the Virtual Hardware Version for a Virtual Machine
- Connect Remotely to a Virtual Machine
- Create a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Revert a Virtual Machine to a Snapshot
- Remove a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- Editing Virtual Machine Properties
- Installing VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools in a New Virtual Machine with No Guest Operating System
- Installing VMware Tools in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a Virtual Machine in a vApp
- Install VMware Tools in a vApp Template
- Install VMware Tools With Guest Customization Disabled
- Upgrade VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest in X with the RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer or RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest
- Guest Operating Systems
- Install a Guest Operating System
- Customizing Your Guest Operating System
- Understanding Guest Customization
- Customizing a Guest OS When Saving a vApp Template as a vApp
- Enable or Disable Guest Customization
- Change Guest Customization Settings for Virtual Machines in a vApp Template
- Power on and Force Recustomization of a Virtual Machine
- Customize Your Windows NT vApp Template
- Customize Your Solaris vApp Template
- Upload a Customization Script
- Reset Your Virtual Machine's Password
- Domain Join Requirements for Windows
- Join a Windows Guest Domain During Guest Operating System Personalization
- Guest Operating System Support
- Index
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Create an XML file with the following metadata from your SAML identity provider.
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The location of the single sign-on service
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The location of the single logout service
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The location of the service's X.509 certificate
For information on configuring and acquiring metadata from an OpenAM or Active Directory Federation
Services SAML provider, consult the documentation for your SAML provider.
Procedure
1 Click Administration.
2 In the left pane, select Settings > Federation.
3 Select Use SAML Identity Provider.
4 Copy and paste the SAML provider metadata XML into the text box or click Browse to upload the metadata
XML file.
5 Click Apply.
What to do next
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Configure your SAML provider with vCloud Director metadata. See your SAML provider's
documentation and the vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide.
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Configure your SAML provider to provide tokens with the following attribute mappings.
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email address = "EmailAddress"
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user name = "UserName"
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full name = "FullName"
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user's groups = "Groups"
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Import users and groups from your SAML provider. See “Import an LDAP User,” on page 16 and “Import
a Group,” on page 19.
Manage Users and Groups in Your Organization
You can manage the roles and rights that users and groups have in your organization.
You are an organization administrator.
Procedure
1 Click Administration.
2 In the left pane, select Members > Users or Members > Groups.
You can modify properties or roles.
3 Right-click the user or group and select Properties.
4 Make the necessary changes and click OK.
Your user or group settings are updated. See also Chapter 2, “Managing Users and Groups,” on page 15
Manage Resources in Your Organization
You must monitor and manage the resources you add to your organization.
You are an organization administrator.
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