7.1

Procedure
1 Scenario: Create Local User Accounts for Rainpole on page 132
Using your default system administrator privileges, you create two local user accounts in the default
tenant. Assign one of these accounts to the tenant administrator role so you can start conguring the
default tenant. You can use the second account later as a shared login for your architects to test
blueprint and catalog access.
2 Scenario: Connect Your Corporate Active Directory to vRealize Automation for Rainpole on page 133
As a tenant administrator, you want vRealize Automation to authenticate logins against your
corporate active directory. You congure a connection between vRealize Automation and your single
domain active directory over LDAP.
3 Scenario: Congure Branding for the Default Tenant for Rainpole on page 134
Using your tenant administrator privileges, you customize the look and feel of the
vRealize Automation console. You upload a new logo, change the colors, update the header and footer
information, and congure the login screen branding.
4 Scenario: Create a Custom Group for Your Rainpole Architects on page 135
Using your tenant administrator privileges, you create a custom group for members of your IT
organization who need highly privileged access to vRealize Automation. You assign roles to this
custom group as you congure vRealize Automation.
5 Scenario: Assign IaaS Administrator Privileges to Your Custom Group of Rainpole Architects on
page 136
Using your default system administrator privileges, you assign your custom group to the IaaS
administrator role to allow the group to congure IaaS resources.
Scenario: Create Local User Accounts for Rainpole
Using your default system administrator privileges, you create two local user accounts in the default tenant.
Assign one of these accounts to the tenant administrator role so you can start conguring the default tenant.
You can use the second account later as a shared login for your architects to test blueprint and catalog
access.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the vRealize Automation console, https://vra01svr01.rainpole.local/vcac.
2 Enter the default system administrator username, administrator, and password, VMware1!.
3 Select Administration > Tenants.
4 Click vsphere.local.
5 Select the Local Users tab.
6
Click the New icon ( ).
7 Create a local user account to assign to the tenant administrator role.
Option Input
First Name
Rainpole
Last Name
tenant admin
Email
Enter your email address or use the placeholder
[e-mail].
Username
Rainpole tenant admin
Password
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