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CloudSimple Private Cloud permission model of VMware vCenter

CloudSimple retains full administrative access to the Private Cloud environment. Each CloudSimple customer is granted sufficient administrative privileges to be able to deploy and manage the virtual machines in their environment. If needed, you can temporarily escalated your privileges to perform administrative functions.

Cloud Owner

When you create a Private Cloud, a CloudOwner user is created in the vCenter Single Sign-On domain, with Cloud-Owner-Role access to manage objects in the Private Cloud. This user also can set up additional vCenter Identity Sources, and other users to the Private Cloud vCenter.

Note

Default user for your CloudSimple Private Cloud vCenter is cloudowner@cloudsimple.local when a Private Cloud is created.

User Groups

A group called Cloud-Owner-Group is created during the deployment of a Private Cloud. Users in this group can administer various parts of the vSphere environment on the Private Cloud. This group is automatically given Cloud-Owner-Role privileges, and the CloudOwner user is added as a member of this group. CloudSimple creates additional groups with limited privileges for ease of management. You can add any user to these pre-created groups and the privileges defined below are automatically assigned to the users in the groups.

Pre-created Groups

Group Name Purpose Role
Cloud-Owner-Group Members of this group have administrative privileges to the Private Cloud vCenter Cloud-Owner-Role
Cloud-Global-Cluster-Admin-Group Members of this group have administrative privileges on the Private Cloud vCenter Cluster Cloud-Cluster-Admin-Role
Cloud-Global-Storage-Admin-Group Members of this group can manage storage on the Private Cloud vCenter Cloud-Storage-Admin-Role
Cloud-Global-Network-Admin-Group Members of this group can manage network and distributed port groups on the Private Cloud vCenter Cloud-Network-Admin-Role
Cloud-Global-VM-Admin-Group Members of this group can manage virtual machines on the Private Cloud vCenter Cloud-VM-Admin-Role

To grant individual users permissions to manage the Private Cloud, create user accounts add to the appropriate groups.

Caution

New users must be added only to Cloud-Owner-Group, Cloud-Global-Cluster-Admin-Group, Cloud-Global-Storage-Admin-Group, Cloud-Global-Network-Admin-Group or, Cloud-Global-VM-Admin-Group. Users added to Administrators group will be removed automatically. Only service accounts must be added to Administrators group and service accounts must not be used to sign in to vSphere web UI.

List of vCenter privileges for default roles

Cloud-Owner-Role

Category Privilege
Alarms Acknowledge alarm
Create alarm
Disable alarm action
Modify alarm
Remove alarm
Set alarm status
Permissions Modify permission
Content Library Add library item
Create local library
Create subscribed library
Delete library item
Delete local library
Delete subscribed library
Download files
Evict library item
Evict subscribed library
Import storage
Probe subscription information
Read storage
Sync library item
Sync subscribed library
Type introspection
Update configuration settings
Update files
Update library
Update library item
Update local library
Update subscribed library
View configuration settings
Cryptographic operations Add disk
Clone
Decrypt
Direct Access
Encrypt
Encrypt new
Manage KMS
Manage encryption policies
Manage keys
Migrate
Recrypt
Register VM
Register host
dvPort group Create
Delete
Modify
Policy operation
Scope operation
Datastore Allocate space
Browse datastore
Configure datastore
Low-level file operations
Move datastore
Remove datastore
Remove file
Rename datastore
Update virtual machine files
Update virtual machine metadata
ESX Agent Manager Config
Modify
View
Extension Register extension
Unregister extension
Update extension
External stats provider Register
Unregister
Update
Folder Create folder
Delete folder
Move folder
Rename folder
Global Cancel task
Capacity planning
Diagnostics
Disable methods
Enable methods
Global tag
Health
Licenses
Log event
Manage custom attributes
Proxy
Script action
Service managers
Set custom attribute
System tag
Health update provider Register
Unregister
Update
Host > Configuration Storage partition configuration
Host > Inventory Modify cluster
vSphere Tagging Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag
Create vSphere Tag
Create vSphere Tag Category
Delete vSphere Tag
Delete vSphere Tag Category
Edit vSphere Tag
Edit vSphere Tag Category
Modify UsedBy Field For Category
Modify UsedBy Field For Tag
Network Assign network
Configure
Move network
Remove
Performance Modify intervals
Host profile View
Resource Apply recommendation
Assign vApp to resource pool
Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Create resource pool
Migrate powered off virtual machine
Migrate powered on virtual machine
Modify resource pool
Move resource pool
Query vMotion
Remove resource pool
Rename resource pool
Scheduled task Create tasks
Modify task
Remove task
Run task
Sessions Impersonate user
Message
Validate session
View and stop sessions
Datastore cluster Configure a datastore cluster
Profile-driven storage Profile-driven storage update
Profile-driven storage view
Storage views Configure service
View
Tasks Create task
Update task
Transfer service Manage
Monitor
vApp Add virtual machine
Assign resource pool
Assign vApp
Clone
Create
Delete
Export
Import
Move
Power off
Power on
Rename
Suspend
Unregister
View OVF environment
vApp application configuration
vApp instance configuration
vApp managedBy configuration
vApp resource configuration
VRMPolicy Query VRMPolicy
Update VRMPolicy
Virtual machine > Configuration Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Advanced
Change CPU count
Change resource
Configure managedBy
Disk change tracking
Disk lease
Display connection settings
Extend virtual disk
Host USB device
Memory
Modify device settings
Query Fault Tolerance compatibility
Query unowned files
Raw device
Reload from path
Remove disk
Rename
Reset guest information
Set annotation
Settings
Swapfile placement
Toggle fork parent
Unlock virtual machine
Upgrade virtual machine compatibility
Virtual machine > Guest operations Guest operation alias modification
Guest operation alias query
Guest operation modifications
Guest operation program execution
Guest operation queries
Virtual machine > Interaction Answer question
Backup operation on virtual machine
Configure CD media
Configure floppy media
Console interaction
Create screenshot
Defragment all disks
Device connection
Drag and drop
Guest operating system management by VIX API
Inject USB HID scan codes
Pause or Unpause
Perform wipe or shrink operations
Power off
Power on
Record session on virtual machine
Replay session on virtual machine
Reset
Resume Fault Tolerance
Suspend
Suspend Fault Tolerance
Test failover
Test restart Secondary VM
Turn off Fault Tolerance
Turn on Fault Tolerance
VMware Tools install
Virtual machine > Inventory Create from existing
Create new
Move
Register
Remove
Unregister
Virtual machine > Provisioning Allow disk access
Allow file access
Allow read-only disk access
Allow virtual machine download
Allow virtual machine files upload
Clone template
Clone virtual machine
Create template from virtual machine
Customize
Deploy template
Mark as template
Mark as virtual machine
Modify customization specification
Promote disks
Read customization specifications
Virtual machine > Service configuration Allow notifications
Allow polling of global event notifications
Manage service configurations
Modify service configuration
Query service configurations
Read service configuration
Virtual machine > Snapshot management Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Rename snapshot
Revert to snapshot
Virtual machine > vSphere Replication Configure replication
Manage replication
Monitor replication
vService Create dependency
Destroy dependency
Reconfigure dependency configuration
Update dependency

Cloud-Cluster-Admin-Role

Category Privilege
Datastore Allocate space
Browse datastore
Configure datastore
Low-level file operations
Remove datastore
Rename datastore
Update virtual machine files
Update virtual machine metadata
Folder Create folder
Delete folder
Move folder
Rename folder
Host > Configuration Storage partition configuration
vSphere Tagging Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag
Create vSphere Tag
Create vSphere Tag Category
Delete vSphere Tag
Delete vSphere Tag Category
Edit vSphere Tag
Edit vSphere Tag Category
Modify UsedBy Field For Category
Modify UsedBy Field For Tag
Network Assign network
Resource Apply recommendation
Assign vApp to resource pool
Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Create resource pool
Migrate powered off virtual machine
Migrate powered on virtual machine
Modify resource pool
Move resource pool
Query vMotion
Remove resource pool
Rename resource pool
vApp Add virtual machine
Assign resource pool
Assign vApp
Clone
Create
Delete
Export
Import
Move
Power off
Power on
Rename
Suspend
Unregister
View OVF environment
vApp application configuration
vApp instance configuration
vApp managedBy configuration
vApp resource configuration
VRMPolicy Query VRMPolicy
Update VRMPolicy
Virtual machine > Configuration Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Advanced
Change CPU count
Change resource
Configure managedBy
Disk change tracking
Disk lease
Display connection settings
Extend virtual disk
Host USB device
Memory
Modify device settings
Query Fault Tolerance compatibility
Query unowned files
Raw device
Reload from path
Remove disk
Rename
Reset guest information
Set annotation
Settings
Swapfile placement
Toggle fork parent
Unlock virtual machine
Upgrade virtual machine compatibility
Virtual machine > Guest operations Guest operation alias modification
Guest operation alias query
Guest operation modifications
Guest operation program execution
Guest operation queries
Virtual machine > Interaction Answer question
Backup operation on virtual machine
Configure CD media
Configure floppy media
Console interaction
Create screenshot
Defragment all disks
Device connection
Drag and drop
Guest operating system management by VIX API
Inject USB HID scan codes
Pause or Unpause
Perform wipe or shrink operations
Power off
Power on
Record session on virtual machine
Replay session on virtual machine
Reset
Resume Fault Tolerance
Suspend
Suspend Fault Tolerance
Test failover
Test restart Secondary VM
Turn off Fault Tolerance
Turn on Fault Tolerance
VMware Tools install
Virtual machine > Inventory Create from existing
Create new
Move
Register
Remove
Unregister
Virtual machine > Provisioning Allow disk access
Allow file access
Allow read-only disk access
Allow virtual machine download
Allow virtual machine files upload
Clone template
Clone virtual machine
Create template from virtual machine
Customize
Deploy template
Mark as template
Mark as virtual machine
Modify customization specification
Promote disks
Read customization specifications
Virtual machine > Service configuration Allow notifications
Allow polling of global event notifications
Manage service configurations
Modify service configuration
Query service configurations
Read service configuration
Virtual machine > Snapshot management Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Rename snapshot
Revert to snapshot
Virtual machine > vSphere Replication Configure replication
Manage replication
Monitor replication
vService Create dependency
Destroy dependency
Reconfigure dependency configuration
Update dependency

Cloud-Storage-Admin-Role

Category Privilege
Datastore Allocate space
Browse datastore
Configure datastore
Low-level file operations
Remove datastore
Rename datastore
Update virtual machine files
Update virtual machine metadata
Host > Configuration Storage partition configuration
Datastore cluster Configure a datastore cluster
Profile-driven storage Profile-driven storage update
Profile-driven storage view
Storage views Configure service
View

Cloud-Network-Admin-Role

Category Privilege
dvPort group Create
Delete
Modify
Policy operation
Scope operation
Network Assign network
Configure
Move network
Remove
Virtual machine > Configuration Modify device settings

Cloud-VM-Admin-Role

Category Privilege
Datastore Allocate space
Browse datastore
Network Assign network
Resource Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Migrate powered off virtual machine
Migrate powered on virtual machine
vApp Export
Import
Virtual machine > Configuration Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Advanced
Change CPU count
Change resource
Configure managedBy
Disk change tracking
Disk lease
Display connection settings
Extend virtual disk
Host USB device
Memory
Modify device settings
Query Fault Tolerance compatibility
Query unowned files
Raw device
Reload from path
Remove disk
Rename
Reset guest information
Set annotation
Settings
Swapfile placement
Toggle fork parent
Unlock virtual machine
Upgrade virtual machine compatibility
Virtual machine >Guest operations Guest operation alias modification
Guest operation alias query
Guest operation modifications
Guest operation program execution
Guest operation queries
Virtual machine >Interaction Answer question
Backup operation on virtual machine
Configure CD media
Configure floppy media
Console interaction
Create screenshot
Defragment all disks
Device connection
Drag and drop
Guest operating system management by VIX API
Inject USB HID scan codes
Pause or Unpause
Perform wipe or shrink operations
Power off
Power on
Record session on virtual machine
Replay session on virtual machine
Reset
Resume Fault Tolerance
Suspend
Suspend Fault Tolerance
Test failover
Test restart Secondary VM
Turn off Fault Tolerance
Turn on Fault Tolerance
VMware Tools install
Virtual machine >Inventory Create from existing
Create new
Move
Register
Remove
Unregister
Virtual machine >Provisioning Allow disk access
Allow file access
Allow read-only disk access
Allow virtual machine download
Allow virtual machine files upload
Clone template
Clone virtual machine
Create template from virtual machine
Customize
Deploy template
Mark as template
Mark as virtual machine
Modify customization specification
Promote disks
Read customization specifications
Virtual machine >Service configuration Allow notifications
Allow polling of global event notifications
Manage service configurations
Modify service configuration
Query service configurations
Read service configuration
Virtual machine >Snapshot management Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Rename snapshot
Revert to snapshot
Virtual machine >vSphere Replication Configure replication
Manage replication
Monitor replication
vService Create dependency
Destroy dependency
Reconfigure dependency configuration
Update dependency