Users and Groups

3.1 Users and Groups#

As mentioned above, the following Groups and Users will be created for each VDC, as laid out below:

The admins will be given an admin and cloud view in the Dashboard’s Graphical User Interface (GUI). All other users will have cloud view only.

3.1.1 SSH Key pair creation#

To allow the Dashboard to connect to the various devices that will be set up via SSH in the CLI, an RSA key pair will be created and utilized in the configuration tutorial

Refer to VM SSH Keys page to create and paste a SSH Public Key to the Authentication section of Glasshouse on both the “admin” and Ref_Cfg_Admin accounts, once it is set up in the next section.

This will allow you to connect, via SSH, to any of the VMs that are created by either the admin or Ref_Cfg_Admin accounts.

Below are the steps to set up the Groups and the Users:

3.1.2 Create Reference Configuration Admin#

Initially, log in as the admin of the cluster and follow the steps to create the Ref_Config_Admin.

1. Select System –> Users
2. Initiate the new user wizard by pressing
3. Input the Username: Ref_Cfg_Admin
4. Input and confirm the Password: RefCfg1234
5. Set the Authentication to core

1. Click Next
2. Set the Main Group to 0: oneadmin
3. Click

Next, add the public key that was obtained from the VM Squared Dashboard in section [3.1.1][sshkeys].

1. Select System –> Users
2. Select the User: Ref_Cfg_Admin
3. Select the Auth tab
4. Click on the in the Public SSH Key section
5. Copy the Public Key (obtained in section 3.1.1) into the text window
6. Click

The key has now been added to the Ref_Cfg_Admin account and will be used later.

The primary User for this Reference Configuration has now been created and the admin User can now be logged out.

The newly created Ref_Config_Admin will be logged into and used to set up the remaining Groups, Users, and various components of the example.

3.1.3 Create Public_VDC Group, Group Admin, and Group User#

The next step in the reference configuration is to start creating the Groups and their Users.

1. Select System –> Groups
2. Press
3. On the General tab, enter the Name Public_VDC

1. Switch to Admin tab and check the box to Create an Administrator
2. Use the following username and password: PublicVDCAdmin and RefCfg1235
3. Set Authentication to core
4. Click next, next and

The Public_VDC Group has now been created and the list should resemble the image below:

A standard User will now be added to the group:

1. Select Systems –> Users
2. Press
3. Use the following username and password: PublicVDCUser and RefCfg1236

1. Select 100: Public_VDC as the Main Group

1. Select users as the Secondary Group

1. Click to finalize the creation of the User
2. The rest of the Groups and Users can be created according to the table in Users and Groups and the full User list will resemble the image below:

Once you are completed creating Users and Groups it is time to move on to Virtual Data Centers (VDC)