VMware vSphere Security Cookbook

Assigning permissions

Permissions are rights to execute an activity in the vCenter management framework. Roles are a set of multiple permissions required to fulfill a task, such as resource pool management.

Think of a role as a home owner and permissions as access to tasks specific to the home owner role, such as:

• Access to the structure via a key
• Access to the electric service
• Access to the cable or a high-speed connection

Root and vpxuser are considered special users. Beyond the administrator account used to set up the system, all other users and groups must be assigned permissions to complete tasks within vCenter.

Getting ready

In order to proceed, we require access to vSphere Web Client. The client can be run on any modern Windows desktop operating ...