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How do I grant access to the vSphere web client?

Author

Nathan Sanders

Updated on May 26, 2026

Procedure

  1. Browse to the object in the vSphere Web Client object navigator.
  2. Click the Manage tab and select Permissions.
  3. Click Add Permission.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Identify the user or group that will have the permission.
  6. Select a role from the Assigned Role drop-down menu.

How do I add a user to VMware vCenter?

Procedure

  1. Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has a super administrator role. The default user with a super administrator role is root.
  2. Run the localaccounts. user. add –role –username –password command.
  3. Enter and confirm the password of the new local user when prompted.

How do I give someone access to my virtual machine?

  1. Start the Virtual Machine Creation Process in the VMware Host Client.
  2. Select a Method for Adding a New Virtual Machine on the Host with the VMware Host Client.
  3. Select a Name and a Guest Operating System for the Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client.
  4. Select a Storage for Your Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client.

How do I assign a user to a virtual machine?

Create a role

  1. Click Settings > Create > Create User Role.
  2. In the Create User Role Wizard, enter a name and optional description for the role, and then click Next.
  3. In Profile page, select the role, and then click Next.
  4. In Members, click Add to add user accounts and Active Directory groups to the user role.

How do I add Users to my virtual machine?

How do I make vCenter 6.0 read only?

In the vSphere Client, right-click your vCenter and select Add Permission. Click Add, double-click to select your new user and click OK to add this user with read-only permission. Then check Propagate to Child Objects and click OK.

How do I add users to virtualbox?

To create a user, perform the following:

  1. On the Administration page, click the User tab and then click the Create button.
  2. Enter the following user information: Username. Enter an account name for the user.
  3. Select server pools for the user.
  4. Select groups for the user. One user can join multiple groups.
  5. Click Confirm.

How will you give administrative roles in VMware?

To create a role and assign the necessary privileges: Open a vSphere Client connection to the vCenter Server. Click Home > Administration > Roles > Add Role.