Create Users in VMware vCenter, VMware NSX-T, and GigaVUE‑FM

For VMware NSX-T and GigaVUE‑FM to communicate, an user must be created in VMware NSX-T Manager, VMware vCenter, and GigaVUE-FM. For NSX-T and GigaVUE FM to communicate, users with the proper permissions must be created in both GigaVUE‑FM and VMware NSX-T. Refer to Required VMware vCenter Privileges and Required Roles in VMware NSX-T for more information on user roles and privileges.

Note:  GigaVUE‑FM connects to NSX-T Manager that supports TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.

Refer to the following topics for step-by-step instructions on how to create users in vCenter, NSX-T Manager and GigaVUE-FM:

Create User in VMware vCenter

For GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with vCenter, you must first create a user with the minimum required privileges in VMware vCenter.

Create User in NSX-T manager

For GigaVUE‑FM to communicate with NSX-T, you must first create a user with the minimum required role in NSX-T manager.

To create a user in VMware NSX-T:

  1. In NSX-T, navigate to System > Settings > User Management and click User Role Assignment tab.
  2. On the User Role Assignment tab, click ADD and then from the drop-down list,
    • for NSX-T version 3.2.x, select LDAP with the following Role combination:
      • NETX Partner Admin and Security Admin
    • for NSX-T version 3.1.x, select LDAP with one of the following Role combinations:
      • NETX Partner Admin and Security Operator
      • NETX Partner Admin and Network Operator

    Note:  When you deploy V Series Nodes using VMware NSX-T manager, you can select NETX Partner Admin alone as Role instead of these combinations.

  3. Click Save and then a GigaVUE‑FM user is created in NSX-T.

Create user in GigaVUE‑FM

For VMware NSX-T Manager to be able to communicate with GigaVUE‑FM, you need to create a user in GigaVUE‑FM who has the admin role.

Refer to Add Users for detailed and step-by-step instructions on how to create users in GigaVUE-FM.

Tips: You can follow these tips to easily identify the user created for VMware NSX-T.

  • In the Name field, enter the name of the call back user. For example, you can use NSX-T Manager Callback as the user name to help you associate this user with the NSX-T Manager.
  • In the Username field, enter a username for the user. For example, you can use nsxv to help you remember that this user is associated with NSX-T.

The username and password created for vCenter, NSX-T Manager, and GigaVUE-FM in this section will be used when creating Monitoring Domain in GigaVUE-FM. Refer to Create Monitoring Domain for VMware NSX-T section for step-by-step instructions on how to create monitoring domain.