VMware vCloud Director Cookbook

Sharing a vApp

So your colleague created a vApp and you can't see or use it? You can use the sharing option to share vApps with other users or groups.

Getting ready

We need one or more vApps as well as two users. The users can be local users or LDAP users, and one must at least be a vApp Author.

How to do it...

1. Navigate to your organization.
2. Right-click on the vApp you would like to share and select Share.
3. The properties of the vApp open up on the Share page.
4. Now click on Add Members.
5. You can now share this vApp with everyone in this organization or just a specific group or user. Take note that there is a search field.
6. Choose the Access Level option you want to give this user, as shown in the following screenshot:
7. Select the user and click on Add.
8. Click ...