1.5
Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- vCloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Getting Started with vCloud Director
- Adding Resources to vCloud 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
- Add a Resource Pool 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
- Configure DHCP for an Organization Network
- Enable the Firewall for an Organization Network
- Add a Firewall Rule for an Organization Network
- Reorder Firewall Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable IP Masquerading for an Organization Network
- Add External IP Addresses to an Organization Network
- Configure Port Forwarding for an Organization Network
- Configure IP Translation for an Organization Network
- Reorder NAT Mapping Rules for an Organization Network
- Enable Site-to-Site VPN for an Organization Network
- Create a VPN Tunnel Within an Organization
- Create a VPN Tunnel Between Organizations
- Create a VPN Tunnel to a Remote Network
- Enable Static Routing for an Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to the Same Organization Network
- Add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Networks
- Reset an Organization Network
- View vApps and vApp Templates That Use an Organization Network
- Delete an Organization Network
- View IP Use 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
- View Syslog Server Settings for an Organization Network
- Apply Syslog Server Settings to an Organization Network
- 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 and Virtual Machines
- 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
- Modify General System Settings
- General System Settings
- Configure SMTP Settings
- Configure System Notification Settings
- Configuring Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- Configuring the System LDAP Settings
- Customize the vCloud Director Client UI
- Configure the Public Web URL
- Configure the Public Console Proxy Address
- Configure the Public REST API Base URL
- Configure the Account Lockout Policy
- Monitoring vCloud Director
- Roles and Rights
- Index
2 Click Test LDAP Settings.
3
Type the name of a user in the LDAP directory and click Test.
4 Review the attribute mapping and click OK.
What to do next
You can customize LDAP user and group attributes based on the results of the test.
Customize LDAP User and Group Attributes
LDAP attributes provide vCloud Director with details about how user and group information is defined in
the LDAP directory. vCloud Director maps the information to its own database. Modify the syntax for user
and group attributes to match your LDAP directory.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have an LDAP connection
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click LDAP in the left pane.
2 Modify the user and group attributes and click Apply.
Synchronize vCloud Director with the LDAP Server
vCloud Director automatically synchronizes its user and group information with the LDAP server on a regular
basis. You can also manually synchronize with the LDAP server at any time.
For automatic synchronization, you can specify how often and when to synchronize. See “Modify General
System Settings,” on page 89.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have a valid LDAP connection.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click LDAP in the left pane.
2 Click Synchronize LDAP.
Customize the vCloud Director Client UI
You can customize the branding of the vCloud Director client UI and some of the links that appear on the
vCloud Director Home login screen.
For a sample .css template with information about the styles that vCloud Director supports for custom themes,
see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026050.
vCloud Director uses its default logo, or the logo that you upload, in the login screen, the header, and the
footer. The login screen shows the logo in an area that ranges from a minimum of 48x48 pixels to a maximum
of 60x150 pixels. You can upload logos that are smaller than 48x48 or larger than 60x150 and vCloud Director
scales them to fit in the display area and maintain the aspect ratio of the uploaded image. The file size for an
uploaded image cannot exceed 16384 bytes. The header and footer scale the logo to an appropriate size and
maintain the aspect ratio of the original.
The file must be in the PNG, JPEG, or GIF format.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click Branding in the left pane.
vCloud Director Administrator's Guide
96 VMware, Inc.