Custom Groups in vsphere.local

[SeanKohler]

Anybody create these using vRO?

[SeanKohler]

Looks like I am chasing it through rest API.

[Craig_G2 · Accepted solution]

Hey

vCACCAFEAuthenticationGroupService()  doesn't seem to have a method for creating a group but it does have one for saving a group.. so this might help you (not tested it though)...

var client = vCACCAFEHost.createAuthenticationClient();

var service = client.getAuthenticationGroupService();

service.saveCustomGroup(tenant,group);

group is an instance of vCACCAFEGroup

🙂

[SeanKohler]

Thanks Craig.  Nice job!  Here is the group buildup...

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group = new vCACCAFEGroup();
type = vCACCAFEType.fromValue("CUSTOM");
principalId = new vCACCAFEPrincipalId();
principalId.setDomain("vsphere.local");
principalId.setName("testyTesty");

group.setGroupType(type);
group.setName("testyTesty");
group.setDomain("vsphere.local");
group.setDescription("So much work");
group.setPrincipalId(principalId);

var client = cafeHost.createAuthenticationClient();
var service = client.getAuthenticationGroupService();
service.saveCustomGroup("vsphere.local",group);

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It is a little bit easier to do through REST post, but I like having options.

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• Creating a group: POST /tenants/vcac.local/groups

{ "@type": "Group", "groupType": "CUSTOM", "name": "Developers", "domain": "vcac.local", "description": "Developer Group", "principalId": { "domain": "vcac.local", "name": "DevGroup" } }