This page provides an overview of how to onboard a new customer for VMware vCloud Director, using OnApp. The procedure consists of the following steps:
1. Create an Organization
The first step is to create a new organization in OnApp. During the creation process you need to to add the organization to an existing user group or choose to create new user group for it. You also need to select the bucket and the vCloud Director compute resource for the new organization.
2. Create a User
Next you need to create a new end user account. During the creation process select the organization you've added (Step 1). You also need to select a vCloud Director role for the user from the drop-down list.
3. Deploy Resources
Once the organization and user have been created, the end user will be able to log in to OnApp. The final step is to provide resources for the new user. There are several ways of doing that:
- Use a pre-defined Orchestration Model. Orchestration Models are a quick way to get started, as they deploy a resource pool, organization network(s) and storage policies in one wizard.
- Allow the customer to log in with no pre-defined resources. They can deploy a resource pool and organization networks from the vCD sidebar in the OnApp Control Panel.
- Deploy resources on behalf of your customer via vCloud Director. They will automatically synchronize with OnApp via RabbitMQ.