NCD – Managing Users in Navisite Cloud Director
You can manage users from the Users page, which is listed under "Admin" in the navigation menu. The Users page displays a list of current users with some basic information.
Note: The Users page lists only LDAP users created through Navisite Cloud Director. "Local" users created through vCD may still log in to Navisite Cloud Director and vCD, but will have access only to the vCloud to which they were added -- and can be managed only from vCD. It is recommended that you manage users only through Navisite Cloud Director.
Click a username link to bring up the user detail page, which presents additional user information for review and input through the following sections and controls.
Buttons and info boxes
Disable / Enable -- Toggle to prevent / allow user login.
Delete -- Caution, not reversible.
Role -- Click cog icon to adjust user role. Assigning roles: How do I configure user roles?
Last Login -- Most recent login, displayed as elapsed time since; and (in hovertext) as login date/time.
Current Status --
Access
Displays cloud objects to which the user has access. Click the Owned toggle to view and navigate to objects owned by the user. Click the Write Access toggle to view and navigate to objects to which the user has write access.
User History
User task history displays tasks in two categories; click the All Tasks / Recent Tasks control at the top of the section to toggle between the two views. Click the vCloud control to select the vCloud for which to display user task history.
Recent Tasks shows all tasks
that have occurred in the past 24 hours. Tasks that were not successful have an
“info” icon in the status column, which displays information about the error
when clicked. Clicking on a task’s action presents a detailed view of the
task. Specify text in the filter field to show only those tasks which
include the filter value.
All Tasks shows all tasks for a user, not limited by date or time. Specify text in the filter field to show only those tasks which include the filter value.
Configuration --
User Config
Email Address -- Users can click the pencil icon to update their own user email address. Note: Edits to a user's "Email Address" value may take up to an hour to be reflected in vCD. Once the changes become reflected in vCD, you may need to reload Navisite Cloud Director in your browser to see them.
Password -- Click the Change link to change the user's login password manually. Click the Reset link to initiate process for the user to reset password; an email with reset instructions will be sent to the user.
Receive NCD Notifications -- Click the pencil icon to specify Yes / No whether user should receive email notifications in advance of regular maintenance to NCD systems and infrastructure.
Receive Backup Notifications -- Click the pencil icon to specify Yes / No whether user should receive email notifications when problems occur with the backups in their environment.
