To enable a user to access Cloud Manager, you must do the following:
Provide the user with an account in the LDAP authentication directory. The account must be located within the user search base defined in the Cloud Manager LDAP configuration (Cloud Manager console > Configuration > LDAP).
In the LDAP directory, add the user as a member of the Novell Cloud Manager user group. Membership in this group grants the user access to Cloud Manager. If a user who is not a member of the group attempts to log in to Cloud Manager, the login fails.
Provide the user with an account in Cloud Manager. The user ID for the two accounts (LDAP and Cloud Manager) must match.
If necessary, refer to you LDAP directory documentation for information about performing the first two tasks.
To provide a user with an account in Cloud Manager, you can use either of the following methods:
After giving the user an LDAP account and adding the LDAP account to the Novell Cloud Manager user group, have the user log in to Cloud Manager using his or her LDAP user ID. Cloud Manager automatically creates an account for the user. If you want to change the user’s full name (which is set to the user ID), add an e-mail address to support sending of Cloud Manager messages to the user’s external address, or change the cost visibility for the user, you must edit the user account; see Section 18.2, Modifying a User’s Information. Otherwise, you can skip editing of the account.
Manually add the user account in Cloud Manager. See the steps below for instructions.
To manually add a user account to Cloud Manager:
In the Cloud Manager console, click , then click the tab.
Click to display the Create User dialog box.
Provide the following details to define the user:
User ID: Specify the user’s ID as defined in the LDAP authentication directory.
Full Name: Specify the user’s full name as you want it to appear in Novell Cloud Manager.
E-Mail Address: Specify the e-mail address at which the user can receive messages generated by Novell Cloud Manager activities. This applies only if you have configured Cloud Manager to send messages to an external SMTP server. For information, see Section 23.0, Connecting to an SMTP Server to Send External E-Mail.
Business Group: This is a display-only field. After you add the user to a business group, the field displays the group name.
Select the user’s role:
User: Provides the ability to manage business services, including requesting services, sponsoring (approving or denying) requested services, and monitoring and managing deployed services.
Administrator: Provides the ability to administer the Novell Cloud Manager system, including creation and management of all objects (users, business groups, host groups, workload templates, and service levels) used in business services.
(User Role Only) If you want the user to always be able to view business service costs regardless of the setting for the user’s business group, select .
A business group’s setting can be set to or . The purpose of this setting is to enable you to ensure that business service costs are always visible to the user even if the business group setting is set to .
For example, you might want to select this option for users who are sponsors of business groups. This ensures that sponsors can always see costs even if their business group is set to hide costs.
Click .