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5 Provide any additional information required by your selection.
Option Action
Do not use LDAP
Click OK.
VCD system LDAP service
(Optional) Type the distinguished name of the organizational unit (OU) to
use to limit the users that you can import into the organization and click
OK. If you do not enter anything, you can import all users in the system
LDAP service into the organization.
NOTE Specifying an OU does not limit the LDAP groups you can import.
You can import any LDAP group from the system LDAP root. However,
only users who are in both the OU and the imported group can log in to
the organization.
Custom LDAP service
Click the Custom LDAP tab, type the custom LDAP settings for the
organization, and click OK.
System administrators and organization administrators who are currently logged in cannot import users
and groups using the modified LDAP options until the cache for their current session expires or they log out
and log in again.
Modify Organization Catalog Sharing, Publishing, and Subscription Policies
Catalogs provide organization users with catalogs of vApp templates and media that they can use to create
vApps and install applications on virtual machines. Catalogs can be shared between organizations in
different instances of vCloud Director, between organizations in the same instance of vCloud Director, or
remain accessible only within the host organization.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Organizations in the left pane.
2 Right-click the organization name and select Properties.
3 Click the Catalog tab.
4 Select a catalog publishing option and click OK.
Option Description
Cannot publish catalogs
Organization administrator cannot publish any catalogs for users outside
of the organization.
Allow publishing catalogs to all
organizations
Organization administrator can publish a catalog for users in all
organizations.
5 Set the organization catalog policies.
Option Description
Allow sharing catalogs to other
organizations
Allows organization administrators to share this organization's catalogs
with other organizations in this instance of vCloud Director.
If you do not select this option, organization administrators are still able to
share catalogs within the organization.
Allow creation of catalog feeds for
consumption by external
organizations
Allows organization administrators to share this organization's catalogs
with organizations outside this instance of vCloud Director.
Allow subscription to external
catalog feeds
Allows organization administrators to subscribe this organization to
catalog feeds from outside this instance of vCloud Director.
6 Click OK.
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