Step 1.1
Create local vRA user to be the Service Account
Requires a vRA user for ownership of the SovLabs Endpoints, Profiles and Services as well as connectivity into vRO to run workflows.
Location | Notes |
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vRA console | Create a local vRA user with the name sov_admin to be the service account. This username is suggested for the sake of simplicity. All lowercase, no spaces (e.g. sov_admin) |
If you are an advanced vRA user and you already have another service account, verify the following permissions below and Skip to Step 1.2
The Service Account user must be an:
- IaaS Administrator
- Tenant Administrator
The Service Account user must also have at minimum the roles of:
- XaaS Architect
- Tenant Administrator
Steps
1. Login to the vRA’s base URL: https://[vRA-FQDN]/vcac
- User: administrator and Domain: vsphere.local
2. Click on the Tenant tab and click on your tenant in the list to edit it
3. Add a local user
- Click on the Local Users tab
- Click New
- Create the new user (recommended to use sov_admin as the username) and record the password somewhere safe
- Click OK
4. User is in Tenant Administrators
- Click on the Administrators tab for the tenant
- Add the user (e.g. sov_admin) to the Tenant Administrators
- Click Finish
5. Logout of the base vRA instance