Minimum User Permissions

Create minimum required roles for provisioning and installing in vSphere

When a user needs permissions less than Admin, a role must be created. The process for configuring a vSphere role with the least permissions for provisioning nodes and installing includes the following steps:

1. Open a vSphere Client connection to the vCenter Server, described in the Prerequisites.

2. Select Home > Administration > Roles > New.

3. Give the new role a name, then select these Privileges:

   • Datastore

     • Allocate space

   • Network

     • Assign network

   • Resource

     • Assign virtual machine to resource pool

   • Virtual machine

     • Change Configuration

     • Add new disk

     • Add or remove device

     • Advanced configuration

     • Change CPU count

     • Change Memory

     • Change Settings

     • Reload from path

   • Edit inventory

     • Create from existing

     • Remove

   • Interaction

     • Power off

     • Power on

   • Provisioning

     • Clone template

     • Deploy template

   • Session

     • ValidateSession

4. Add the permission at the highest level and set to propagate the permissions.