Create a User with CSE Admin Role

This section details how to create a user with CSE Admin Role in the system organization. The CSE Admin Role allows a user to perform administrative tasks in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension. You can use these user credentials as OVA deployment parameters when you start the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server.

Prerequisites

• Ensure that the user has system administrator privileges. For more information, refer to System Administrator Rights.
• It is necessary to complete the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server configuration before you can assign the CSE Admin Role. For more information, see Configure VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension Server.

Procedure

1. Log in to VMware Cloud Director, and from the top navigation bar, select More > Kubernetes Container Clusters.
2. Click CSE Management > Create a User with CSE Admin Role > Go to Users.
3. In VMware Cloud Director UI, click New.
4. Enter a user name and an API Token for the new user. For more information, see Generate an API Access Token.
   Note: When you generate an API Access Token, you must copy the token, because it appears only once. After you click OK, you cannot retrieve this token again, you can only revoke it. You must use the same API Access Token when you deploy the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server OVA file. For more information, see Create a vApp from VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server OVA file.
5. Select the Enable toggle to activate the user upon creation.
6. From the Available roles drop-down menu, select CSE Admin Role.
7. Enter contact information for the user. You can enter the full name, email address, phone number, and instant messaging ID.
8. Set the quotas for the user.
   1. You can set a limit of the virtual machines owned by the user, or select Unlimited.
   2. You can set a limit of the running virtual machines owned by the user, or select Unlimited.
9. Click Save.