Hi there,
I am looking for the best solution to have "End-Users" hit the tenant login page be default when going to the vRA portal.
First some context:
We have a single vRA appliance, we have a single tenant, with multiple Business Groups.
Currently users have to go to https://longservername.longfqdn/vcac/org/tenant/ to hit the login page.
I have a cname being created to use as a short URL, but this by itself will still only hit the server, default vRealize Automation Appliance page, so users will have to add /vcac/org/tenant on the end...
I have googled a lot and read a lot of documentation, this is why now I'm asking...
While we could use a Load Balancer or F5 or proxy in front to do the redirect this is extra overhead which seems un-needed for a single appliance.
I have found the blogs and various other pages saying you can edit the file on the appliance itself. like this one : Will on IT: vRA Redirect To Login while this works I also understand its not best practice to edit files on the appliance.
Is this what im after? Set the vRealize Automation Login URL to a Custom Name it doesnt quite seem like it will do the redirect part.
Is there any official vmware support way of doing this?
Thanks Jonathan.
No, you'll just have to tell (or provide) users to bookmark the appropriate URL of https://<FQDN>/vcac/org/<tenant_id>. It's really not a big deal, just make sure they don't bookmark the URL containing the SAML token.
It isn't officially supported, we have been using the method at Will on IT: vRA Redirect To Login
Been working since 7.1, still working on 7.5, cuts down a lot on clients confusion.
Cheers
This is what I have implemented for now... I am surprised there is no option on the vRA appliance gui for this.
It is likely in the future we will add our own proxy or load balancer front end...
Cheers will close this off now
is 'URL shortening services' an option for you? like Tiny URL.
Hi,
I have tried Will on IT: vRA Redirect To Login and it does work, however, my question is what if you have multiple tenants?
Hi ebgloria Sorry I have only just seen your question...
You have probably resolved this by now... but I would suggest (without actually doing it) to use the same method to redirect but redirect to another page you create which then has the tenants listed and you can then click on the tenant you want.
Again this is without actually doing it.. just thinking about what I would try.
Cheers
Hi,
- connect with SSH on vRA appliance then go to : "/usr/lib/vcac/server/webapps/ROOT"
- Now duplicate the file "index.jsp" and give the name "admin.jsp" to this copy.
- make sure two file have chmod 644.
- Edit the "index.jsp" and add this section just after <body> :
<body>
<%-- Custom Section --%>
<%-- Redirect
default
Home Page --%>
<%-- To Production Tenant --%>
<meta http-equiv=
"refresh"
content=
"0; URL='https://longservername.longfqdn/vcac/org/tenant/'"
/>
Now all end-users will be redirect to the Production tenant from the url's :
For the administrator the ADMIN page URL is now :
https://longservername.longfqdn
/admin.jsp
Best regards.