User Roles in an Organization

There are three types of VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension users. The following table outlines each user type, and the interactions they have with VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension.

Table 1. User profiles

User profile	Role description
Organization administrator	As an organization administrator, once the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server is running and Kubernetes templates are available, you can use VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension to handle Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster lifecycle management. To perform cluster management functions, you must hold the rights of the Kubernetes Cluster Author role. Additionally, you require Administrator View: VMWARE:CAPVCDCLUSTER to view all the clusters in your organization. If you cannot assign these rights to yourself, contact your service provider. As an organization administrator, you must reassign the existing Kubernetes users in your organization who manage their own clusters to the new Kubernetes Cluster Author role.
Kubernetes Cluster Author	You can lifecycle manage your own clusters. To perform cluster management tasks, your organization administrator assigns the new Kubernetes Cluster Author role to you.
Developer and other Kubernetes users	Develop and deploy application on Kubernetes cluster using kubectl. Kubernetes clusters work like any other Kubernetes cluster implementation. No special knowledge of VMware Cloud Director or VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension administration is required. You do not require a VMware Cloud Director account.