User Permission

User Permission Definition

A configuration block which provides required attributes to configure user permission for a vSphere resource.

permission {
    user_name = <"User Name">
    role = <"User Role">
}

Currently, this configuration block is used in vsphere_virtual_machine resource to add/update ownership of a virtual machine.

Attribute Definition

• user_name - (Mandatory) Name of vSphere user.
• role - (Mandatory) Predefined role.

Example Usage

Add new virtual machine and assign ownership to userA.

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "newVm" {
    name = "newVm"
    ...
    permission {
        user_name = "userA@vsphere.local"
        role = "Admin"
    }
}

Change ownership to userB by changing user name.

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "newVm" {
    name = "newVm"
    ...
    permission {
        user_name = "userB@vsphere.local"
        role = "Admin"
    }
}

Delete ownership by deleting permission configuration block.

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "newVm" {
    name = "newVm"
    ...
}