Manipulate vCenter Permissions with vCO Workflow

[irene_zimmerman]

Hi,

I'm trying to change user permissions and roles in vCenter with workflows.

For example, I want to copy the permissions from one folder to another. I found the correct object and method: VcAuthorizationManager.setEntityPermissions().

The problem is that I can't find a way to access the AuthorizationManager. AuthorisationManager is access via the content property of the ServiceContent Object and that object is returned by "RetrieveServiceInstance"-Method according to the documentation:

How do I call this mehtod? The documentataion does not make any sense to me since there is no ServiceInstance-Object in vCO and the ServiceContent-Object has no such method.

I would appreciate an example on how to use these objects.

Thanks,

Irene

[admin · Accepted solution]

Hi Irene

You can use the SdkConnection.authorizationManager (this represent the authorization manager for you vCenter)

SdkConnection reprensents a connection to a specific vCenter Server. You can get all SdkConnection for registered vCenter servers using VcPlugin.allSdkConnections. (VcPlugin is a scriptable object with static-like methods)

Hope this help.

[irene_zimmerman]

Hi Cédric,

Thanks a lot! It works this way.

Too bad the documentation does not show AuthorizationManager as property of SdkConnection.

Irene

[admin]

SdkConnection and VcPlugin are not objects existing in the VC API. They are part of the VC Plugin for vCO.

In vCO, go to Tools / API Explorer to view all available obejcts from vCO scripting.

[irene_zimmerman]

Of course they are. I'm using API explorer as well as the online documentation.

But if you find AuthenticationManager in the API explorer you have no chance of finding it a property of SdkConnection because thats not in the documentation of AuthenticationManager. The "Property of" entry for "SdkConnection" is missing:

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.AuthorizationManager....

Would be nice to have that reference.

Regards,

Irene