Personas in Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation

Personas describe types of system users, aligned with real people and their functions within the organization. You build a persona set based on your organization's requirements for role-based access control.

The following is an example of personas defined by the Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution and their equivalent access. You use this as a baseline for defining and building a set of personas to delegate roles and define access based on roles and responsibilities within your organization's structure.

Table 1. Example Personas for Private Cloud Automation

Persona	Responsibility	Component Role or Group
Cloud Admin	Admin access to solution environment	Organization owner
		Assembler administrator
		Service Broker administrator
		Orchestrator administrator
DevOps Administrator	Admin access to both cloud provider and consumer	Assembler administrator
		Service Broker administrator
		Orchestrator workflow designer
Compliance Officer	ReadOnly access for auditing	Assembler viewer
		Service Broker viewer
		Orchestrator viewer
Cloud Developer	Cloud provider access	Assembler user
		Service Broker user
		Orchestrator workflow designer
Cloud Consumer	Cloud consumer access to request deployments	Service Broker user
Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Administrator	Custom role access	Custom