VMware Cloud Director service Documentation

Documentation for VMware Cloud Director™ service, a cloud-service delivery application that enables service providers to deliver virtual infrastructure resources in a multitenant cloud environment.

Note: VMware by Broadcom announced the End of Availability (EoA) of the VMware Cloud Director service, as of April 30, 2024. VMware by Broadcom will work with VMware Cloud Director service customers to help them migrate to an equivalent on-prem solution. Customers should reach out to their account teams for more information. See VMware End Of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services and KB article 97160.

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About VMware Cloud Director service

VMware Cloud Director service is a cloud-service delivery application that enables service providers to deliver virtual infrastructure resources in a multitenant cloud environment.

To learn more, see VMware Cloud Director service.

APIs

VMware Cloud Director service API documentation is available on VMware {code}.

VMware Cloud Director Guides

To learn how to use the VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal to manage and monitor organizations, rights, roles, users, and groups in your cloud, see VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal Guide.
To learn how to use the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal to administrate an organization, to create and configure virtual machines, vApps, and networks within vApps, see VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal Guide.

VMware Cloud Director Extensions and Tools

VMware Cloud Director Object Storage

You can use VMware Cloud Director Object Storage to consume and operate an S3-compliant object storage service that is fully integrated into VMware Cloud Director.

To learn more, visit VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension Documentation.

VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad

App Launchpad is a plug-in that enables VMware Cloud Director service providers to offer to tenants a marketplace of applications within VMware Cloud Director. Through the App Launchpad user interface, tenants can easily access and launch applications from VMware Cloud Director content catalogs.

To learn more, visit VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad Documentation.

Terraform Provider

You can use the VMware Cloud Director Terraform Provider to interact with the resources supported by VMware Cloud Director.

For information, see the documentation in the Terraform Registry at https://registry.terraform.io/providers/vmware/vcd/latest/docs.