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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 find-by-name
Finds a user inside vmdir by name. The information that this command returns depends on what you
specify in the --level option.
Option Description
--account <name>
Name of the vCenter Single Sign-On user to delete.
--level <info level 0|1|2>
Returns the following information:
n
Level 0 - Account and UPN
n
Level 1 - level 0 info + First and last name
n
Level 2 : level 0 + Account disabled flag, Account locked
flag, Password never expires flag, password expired flag
and password expiry flag.
The default level is 0.
--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 group modify
Adds a user or group to an already existing group.
Option Description
--name <name>
Name of the group in vmdir.
--add <user_or_group_name>
Name of the user or group to add.
--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 group list
Lists a specified vmdir group.
Option Description
--name <name>
Optional name of the group in vmdir. This option allows you to
check whether a specific group exists.
--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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