VMware: Document minimum vCenter user privileges
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openstack-manuals |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Martin Lopes |
Bug Description
The current documentation assumes root privileges for the vCenter user. The docs should instead list the minimum privileges needed. Below is the list:
All Privileges
Datastore
Allocate space
Browse datastore
Low level file operations
Remove file
Folder
Create folder
Host
Configuration
Network configuration
Storage partition configuration
Network
Assign network
Resource
Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Migrate powered off virtual machine
Migrate powered on virtual machine
Virtual Machine
Configuration
Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Advanced
CPU count
Disk change tracking
Host USB device
Memory
Raw device
Remove disk
Rename
Swapfile placement
Interaction
Configure CD media
Power Off
Power On
Reset
Suspend
Inventory
Create from existing
Create new
Move
Remove
Unregister
Provisioning
Clone virtual machine
Customize
Sessions
View and stop sessions
Snapshot management
Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
vApp
Export
Import
Changed in openstack-manuals: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in openstack-manuals: | |
assignee: | nobody → Martin Lopes (martinlopes) |
Changed in openstack-manuals: | |
assignee: | Martin Lopes (martinlopes) → Diane Fleming (diane-fleming) |
Changed in openstack-manuals: | |
assignee: | Diane Fleming (diane-fleming) → Martin Lopes (martinlopes) |
The doc should also mention on which root object the user should have these privileges. It should be mentioned that 'propagate to children' option be turned on while applying to the root object.
I think this list was prepared by assigning the privileges at the datacenter level.