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Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- Getting Started with Platform Services Controller
- vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types
- Deployment Topologies with External Platform Services Controller Instances and High Availability
- Understanding vSphere Domains, Domain Names, and Sites
- Platform Services Controller Capabilities
- Managing Platform Services Controller Services
- Managing the Platform Services Controller Appliance
- vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Understanding vCenter Single Sign-On
- Configuring vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Sources
- Understanding vCenter Server Two-Factor Authentication
- Using vCenter Single Sign-On as the Identity Provider for Another Service Provider
- Security Token Service STS
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Policies
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Users and Groups
- Add vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Disable and Enable vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Delete a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Add Members to a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Remove Members from a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Delete vCenter Single Sign-On Solution Users
- Change Your vCenter Single Sign-On Password
- vCenter Single Sign-On Security Best Practices
- vSphere Security Certificates
- Certificate Requirements for Different Solution Paths
- Certificate Management Overview
- Managing Certificates with the vSphere Client
- Managing Certificates from the vSphere Web Client
- Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility
- Certificate Manager Options and the Workflows in This Document
- Regenerate a New VMCA Root Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority (Certificate Manager)
- Generate CSR with vSphere Certificate Manager and Prepare Root Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace VMCA Root Certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Replace Machine SSL Certificate with VMCA Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace Solution User Certificates with VMCA Certificates (Intermediate CA)
- Replace All Certificates with Custom Certificate (Certificate Manager)
- Revert Last Performed Operation by Republishing Old Certificates
- Reset All Certificates
- Manual Certificate Replacement
- Managing Services and Certificates with CLI Commands
- Troubleshooting Platform Services Controller
- Determining the Cause of a Lookup Service Error
- Unable to Log In Using Active Directory Domain Authentication
- vCenter Server Login Fails Because the User Account Is Locked
- VMware Directory Service Replication Can Take a Long Time
- Export a Platform Services Controller Support Bundle
- Platform Services Controller Service Logs Reference
dir-cli user create
Creates a regular user inside vmdir. This command can be used for human users who authenticate to
vCenter Single Sign-On with a user name and password. Use this command only during prototyping.
Option Description
--account <name>
Name of the vCenter Single Sign-On user to create.
--user-password <password>
Initial password for the user.
--first-name <name>
First name for the user.
--last-name <name>
Last name for the user.
--login <admin_user_id>
The administrator of the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain,
administrator@vsphere.local by default.
--password <admin_password>
Password of the administrator user. If you do not specify the
password, you are prompted.
dir-cli user modify
Deletes the specified user inside vmdir.
Option Description
--account <name>
Name of the vCenter Single Sign-On user to delete.
--password-never-expires
Set this option to true if you are creating a user account for
automated tasks that have to authenticate to
Platform Services Controller, and you want to ensure that the
tasks do not stop running because of password expiration.
Use this option with care.
--password-expires
Set this option to true if you want to revert the
--password-never-expires option.
--login <admin_user_id>
The administrator of the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain,
administrator@vsphere.local by default.
--password <admin_password>
Password of the administrator user. If you do not specify the
password, you are prompted.
dir-cli user delete
Deletes the specified user inside vmdir.
Option Description
--account <name>
Name of the vCenter Single Sign-On user to delete.
--login <admin_user_id>
The administrator of the local vCenter Single Sign-On domain,
administrator@vsphere.local by default.
--password <admin_password>
Password of the administrator user. If you do not specify the
password, you are prompted.
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