Introduction to the VMware on OVHcloud Control Panel

Click the Add a datacenter button.

On the next screen, select your vDC and host types and click Add a datacentre.

Click the more options ... button to the right of your datacenter and choose Order a host.

On the next screen, select your host and click Confirm order.

Click the more options ... button to the right of your datacenter and choose Order a datastore.

On the next screen, select your datastore type and click Confirm order.

Click the name of your datacenter to open more detailed information about it, which will be explored in the section below.

Click Create User at the top of the page.

In the pop-up window, enter a name, password, and email address for the user, and then click Next.

Select the role/rights you wish to grant to the user, and then click Next.

Verify the rights and email address for the user and click Confirm.

Click the more options ... button to the right of the user and choose Edit.

Adjust the information and options for the user, and click Confirm when you are finished.

For more information, see our Associating an email with a vSphere user guide.

Click the more options ... button to the right of the user and choose View/Edit the rights for each DC.

This will take you to a new page, where you will need to click the more options ... button to the right of the datacenter and choose Modify rights.

In the pop-up window, you can adjust the rights:

• vSphere access: To set the global rights for a user in vSphere.

  Right	Description
  Operator	reserved for OVHcloud administrators
  None	no access
  Red-only	read-only access
  Read/Write	read and write access

• Access to the VM Network: Concerns management rights over the public network section (a.k.a "VM Network" in the vSphere interface).

  Right	Description
  Operator	allows VMs to be configured on a public network
  None	no access
  Read-only	read-only access

• Access to the V(X)LANs: Concerns management rights over the private network section (VXLAN for Hosted Private Cloud and VLAN for SDDC).

  Right	Description
  Operator	allows VMs to be configured on a private network
  Administrator	allows port groups to be managed on the virtual switch (creation, modification, deletion), for SDDCs only
  None	no access
  Read-only	read access only

• Host and storage management: Gives the right to add additional resources through the OVHcloud plugin in the vSphere client.

Click the more options ... button to the right of the user and choose Change password.

In the pop-up window, enter a new password, re-enter it to confirm, and click Confirm.

For more information, see our How to change the user password guide.

Click the more options ... button to the right of the user and choose Delete this user.

In the pop-up window, click Confirm to begin the deletion process.

You will see a progress bar while the deletion is occurring. You can click Close when it is 100% complete.

On the right side of the page, click Modify session expiry.

Enter the number of minutes before session expiry, or check ☑️ the box next to No session expiry, and click Next.

Verify your choices and click Confirm.

On the right side of the page, click Modify the number of concurrent connections.

Enter the maximum number of concurrent connections and click Next.

Verify your choices and click Confirm.

On the right side of the page, click Modify the disconnection policy.

Choose whether to disconnect the first or last user connected, and then click Confirm.

Please view our dedicated guide, Authorizing IP addresses for vCenter access, for more information.

Click the more options ... button to the right of the IP block and choose either Modify the IP range or Delete the IP range.

Modifying the range will allow you to change the IP and the description.

If you choose to delete the IP, you will need to Confirm your decision in the pop-up window.