You can share a catalog with all members of your organization, or with specific members.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you are logged in as a Catalog Author or a role with an equivalent set of rights.

  • Verify that you are the owner of the catalog.

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Content Hub and in the left panel, select Catalogs.
    The list of catalogs appears in a grid view.
  2. Click the list bar (Context menu) on the left of the catalog you want to share, and select Share.
    The list of users who can access the catalog appears in the grid view of the Share Catalog window.
  3. Select with what users and groups to share the catalog.
    Option Description
    All Users and Groups Grant access to all users and groups in the organization.
    Specific Users and Groups Select the users or groups to whom you want to grant catalog access.
  4. Select the access level.
    Option Description
    Read Only Users with access to this catalog have read access to the vApp templates and ISO files of the catalog.
    Read/Write Users with access to this catalog have read access to the vApp templates and ISO files of the catalog and can add vApp templates and ISO files to the catalog.
    Full Control Users with access to this catalog have full control of the contents and settings of the catalog.
  5. (Optional) In the Organizations tab, select to share read-only access to the administrators of all other organizations
  6. Click Save.

Results

On the Catalogs tab, the Shared status for this catalog in the grid view changes.