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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
7 (Optional) Type the first name and last name of the new user.
8 (Optional) Enter an email address and description for the user.
9 Click OK.
When you add a user, that user initially has no privileges to perform management operations.
What to do next
Add the user to a group in the vsphere.local domain, for example, to the group of users who can
administer VMCA (CAAdmins) or to the group of users who can administer vCenter Single Sign-On
(Administrators). See Add Members to a vCenter Single Sign-On Group.
Disable and Enable vCenter Single Sign-On Users
When a vCenter Single Sign-On user account is disabled, the user cannot log in to the vCenter Single
Sign-On server until an administrator enables the account. You can disable and enable accounts from
one of the vCenter Single Sign-On management interfaces.
Disabled user accounts remain available in the vCenter Single Sign-On system, but the user cannot log in
or perform operations on the server. Users with administrator privileges can disable and enable accounts
from the vCenter Users and Groups page.
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the vCenter Single Sign-On Administrators group to disable and enable
vCenter Single Sign-On users.
Procedure
1 Log in with the vSphere Client to the vCenter Server connected to the Platform Services Controller.
2 Specify the user name and password for administrator@vsphere.local or another member of the
vCenter Single Sign-On Administrators group.
If you specified a different domain during installation, log in as administrator@mydomain.
3 Navigate to the vCenter Single Sign-On user configuration UI.
a From the Home menu, select Administration.
b Under Single Sign On, click Users and Groups.
4 Select a user name, click the vertical ellipsis icon, and click Disable.
5 Click OK.
6 To enable the user again, click the vertical ellipsis icon, click Enable, and click OK.
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