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2 Scenario: Connect Your Corporate Active Directory to vRealize Automation for Rainpole
As a tenant administrator, you want vRealize Automation to authenticate logins against your
corporate active directory. You configure a connection between vRealize Automation and your single
domain active directory over LDAP.
3 Scenario: Configure Branding for the Default Tenant for Rainpole
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 configure the login screen branding.
4 Scenario: Create a Custom Group for Your Rainpole Architects
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 configure vRealize Automation.
5 Scenario: Assign IaaS Administrator Privileges to Your Custom Group of Rainpole Architects
Using your default system administrator privileges, you assign your custom group to the IaaS
administrator role to allow the group to configure 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 configuring 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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