You can import user accounts from external sources, such as an LDAP database on another machine, or a single sign-on server, so that you can give permission to those users to access certain features and objects in vRealize Operations.

Prerequisites

  • Configure an authorization source. See the vRealize Operations Information Center.

Procedure

  1. Log out of vRealize Operations, then log in as a system administrator.
  2. From the left menu, click Administration, and then click the Access Control tile.
  3. On the toolbar, click the horizontal ellipsis and then click Import from Source icon.
  4. Specify the options to import user accounts from an authorization source.
    1. On the Import Users page, from the Import From drop-down menu, select an authentication source.
    2. In the Domain Name drop-down menu, type the domain name from which you want to import users, and click Search.
    3. Select the users you want to import, and click Next.
    4. On the Groups tab, select the user group to which you want to add this user account.
    5. Click the Objects tab, select the admin_cluster role, and select the Assign this role to the user check box.
    6. In the Object Hierarchies list, select the vRealize Operations Cluster check box, and click Finish.
  5. Log out of vRealize Operations.
  6. Log in to vRealize Operations as the imported user.
  7. Verify that the imported user can access only the objects in the vRealize Operations Cluster.

Results

You imported a user account from an external user database or server to vRealize Operations, and assigned a role and the objects the user can access while holding this role to the user.

You have finished this scenario.