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vCloud Director uses roles, and their associated rights, to determine which users and groups can perform
which operations. System administrators can create and modify roles. System administrators and
organization administrators can assign roles to users and groups in an organization.
vCloud Director includes several predefined roles.
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System Administrator
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Organization Administrator
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Catalog Author
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vApp Author
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vApp User
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Predefined Roles and Their Rights
vCloud Director includes predefined roles. Each of these roles includes a set of default rights.
System Administrator
The system administrator has super-user rights for the entire system. System administrator credentials are
established during installation and configuration. A system administrator can create additional system
administrator accounts. All system administrators are members of the system organization. You cannot
modify the rights associated with this role.
Organization Roles
After creating an organization, a system administrator can assign the role of organization administrator to
any user in the organization. An organization administrator has super-user rights within that organization,
and can assign any of the predefined roles to the organization's users and groups.
Organization
Administrator
An organization administrator can assign the role of organization
administrator to any member of an organization.
Catalog Author
The rights associated with the catalog author role allow a user to create and
publish catalogs.
vApp Author
The rights associated with the vApp Author role allow a user to use catalogs
and create vApps.
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