Assign a user role in a
vCenter
for
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Create a user role in the
vSphere
client with privileges that are required for
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
. The same role can be assigned to the user who can add a
vCenter
in
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
Verify that you have administrative privileges to add a role to a user or a user group. You must have administrative privileges to use
vCenter
.
If you are using
vCenter
deployed on
VMware Cloud on AWS
SDDC, then you must use the available CloudAdmin role. For more information about
VMware Cloud on AWS
on
vCenter
, refer to the VMware Cloud on AWS product documentation.
When you deploy a
VMware Cloud on AWS
on
vCenter
, you can use the default CloudAdmin role. To learn more about cloud administrator privileges, refer to CloudAdmin Privileges documentation.
  1. Log in to
    vCenter
    by using the
    vSphere
    client.
  2. On the home page of
    vSphere
    client, click
    Roles
    under
    Administration
    .
  3. Create a role for all system interactions between
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    and
    vCenter
    .
  4. Clone
    Read-only
    and provide a name to the role.
  5. In the
    Create Role
    dialog box, configure the role using the following configuration settings, and click
    Next
    .
    Setting
    Value
    Role Name
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    Privilege
    • Datastore
      • You can select All privileges.
    • Host.Local
      • Operations- Add Host to
        vCenter
      • Operations - Create Virtual Machine
      • Operations - Delete Virtual Machine
      • Operations - Reconfigure Virtual Machine
      • Inventory - Modify - Cluster
    • Network
      • Assign Network
    • Resource
      • Assign vApp to Resource Pool
      • Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool
    • vApp
      • You can select All privileges.
    • Virtual Machines
      • You can select All privileges.
    • Content Library
      • You can select All privileges.
    This role inherits the System Anonymous, System View, and System Read privileges.
    You should have permissions to create a content library. The content library uses a datastore to store all templates, so you require permission to access, read, and write on the same datastore. All privileges under datastore and content library are needed.
  6. Provide a name to the new role and click
    Finish
    .
  7. Select
    Global Permissions
    under
    Administration
    and click
    Manage
    .
  8. To add permissions, click the plus sign.
  9. Select the user and role that you have created, and click
    OK
    .