Creating a service user account for vCenter server registration

A user account that will be used for registering NSX manager to the vCenter server to query the vSphere infrastructure must have an administrator role in the vCenter. If the NSX manager is going to be integrated into SSO services provided by vSphere, the user must be an SSO administrator.

In this recipe, we will create a service account user called nsx-svc in the SSO domain (vsphere.local) that will be used to register NSX manager to the vCenter server and SSO services.

Note

Service accounts are user accounts that are used by system services and not real users.

Getting ready

You should have a vCenter server with PSC/SSO services and an NSX manager deployed. You should also have an SSO administrator login credential to the vCenter server, for example, [email protected].

How to do it...

Creating a service user account involves three steps: creating the user itself, adding the user as an SSO administrator, and, lastly, registering...