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Table Of Contents
- Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with Cloud Director
- Adding Resources to Cloud Director
- Adding vSphere Resources
- Adding Cloud Resources
- Provider Virtual Datacenters
- Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
- External Networks
- Add an External Network
- Network Pools
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by VLAN IDs
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by vSphere Port Groups
- Set the MTU for a Network Pool Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Creating and Provisioning Organizations
- Creating a Published Catalog
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC
- Delete a Provider vDC
- Modify a Provider vDC Name and Description
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Host
- Prepare or Unprepare a Provider vDC Host
- Upgrade an ESX/ESXi Host Agent for a Provider vDC Host
- Repair a Provider vDC ESX/ESXi Host
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Datastore
- Add Storage Capacity to a Provider vDC
- Configure Low Disk Space Warnings for a Provider vDC Datastore
- Send an Email Notification to Provider vDC Users
- Managing Organization vDCs
- Managing External Networks
- Managing Organization Networks
- Creating Organization Networks
- Configuring Network Services
- Reset an Organization Network
- Delete an Organization Network
- View IP Usage for an Organization Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool
- Modify an Organization Network Name and Description
- Modify an Organization Network DNS Settings
- Managing Network Pools
- Managing Cloud Cells
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Managing vSphere Resources
- Managing Organizations
- Enable or Disable an Organization
- Delete an Organization
- Modify an Organization Name
- Modify an Organization Full Name and Description
- Modify Organization LDAP Options
- Modify Organization Catalog Publishing Policy
- Modify Organization Email Preferences
- Modify Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings
- Add a Catalog to an Organization
- Managing Organization Resources
- Managing Organization Users and Groups
- Managing Organization vApps
- Managing System Administrators and Roles
- Add a System Administrator
- Import a System Administrator
- Enable or Disable a System Administrator
- Delete a System Administrator
- Edit System Administrator Profile and Contact Information
- Send an Email Notification to Users
- Delete a System Administrator Who Lost Access to the System
- Import an LDAP Group
- Delete an LDAP Group
- Change an LDAP Group Description
- Roles and Rights
- Create a Role
- Copy a Role
- Edit a Role
- Delete a Role
- Managing System Settings
- Monitoring Cloud Director
- Roles and Rights
- Index
Managing System Settings 9
A Cloud Director system administrator can control system-wide settings related to LDAP, email notification,
licensing, and general system preferences.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Modify General System Settings,” on page 83
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“General System Settings,” on page 83
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“Configure SMTP Settings,” on page 84
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“Configure System Notification Settings,” on page 85
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“Configuring the System LDAP Settings,” on page 85
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“Customize the Cloud Director Client UI,” on page 88
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“Configure the Public Web URL,” on page 89
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“Configure the Public Console Proxy Address,” on page 89
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“Configure the Public REST API Base URL,” on page 90
Modify General System Settings
Cloud Director includes general system settings related to login policy, session timeouts, and so on. The default
settings are appropriate for many environments, but you can modify the settings to meet your needs.
For more information, see “General System Settings,” on page 83.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click General in the left pane.
2 Modify the settings and click Apply.
General System Settings
Cloud Director includes a number of general system settings that you can modify to meet your needs.
Table 9-1 describes each of the general system settings.
Table 9-1. General System Settings
Name Category Description
Synchronization Start Time LDAP Synchronization Time of day to start LDAP synchronization.
Synchronization Interval LDAP Synchronization The number of hours between LDAP synchronizations.
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