Privilege Requirements for HTTP Access

HTTP access to a vSphere file is access to a datastore object that is associated with the folder structure in the vSphere inventory. HTTP access requires the same privileges needed to obtain these files using any other mechanism, such as the vSphere Client.
The following table shows the required privileges.
Object Associated with File
Portion of URL
Required Privileges
Root folder
/folder
System.View
Datacenter
?dcPath
Datastore.Browse
Datastore.FileManagement
Datastore
&dsName
Datastore.Browse
Datastore.FileManagement
Host
/host
Host.Config.AdvancedConfig
/tmp/
Host.Config.SystemManagement