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I need to create an user for vmware that:

  1. Can access to ESXi Web ui
  2. View all the VM with their state
  3. Can start a stopped virtual machine (the vm could change).

What I'm looking for ?

I want to assign minimal permission and i don't know what are; also the user cannot log in the UI or the shell (at least i'll create a bash script)

What I have done:

  1. Create an user -> done via the Web UI (Host > Manage > Security & Users)
  2. Create a custom role "XRole" (same menu section)
  3. Add user+role to the host (Host > Actions button > Permissions )

But this user cannot log in. I have added all the permission to "XRole" but no changes.

Why?

Sometimes the Windows Server guest shutdown and it not restarts. There is no IT experts in the customer's office so they better cannot access via root user.

Daniele Licitra
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  • So you have non-technical users who just need to restart a single guest VM periodically? If so why not just use a powercli script? – Chopper3 Aug 14 '20 at 10:37
  • @Chopper3 the vm may vary ( I updated the question, thanks). The offices' terminals are linux based and i cannot install anything. I don't know powercli, but i suppose I need an user to log in too, so the user problem will be the same – Daniele Licitra Aug 14 '20 at 10:51
  • With PowerCLI the valid ESXi user is required. A question: do you use ESXi server without vCenter? – batistuta09 Aug 19 '20 at 11:03
  • @batistuta09 yes, i've no vCenter – Daniele Licitra Sep 12 '20 at 15:12

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