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name: vmwaresolutions-iam-integration
title: VMware Cloud Director single sign-on with IBM Cloud IAM
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2026-05-18
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# VMware Cloud Director single sign-on with IBM Cloud IAM
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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You can use the VMware Cloud Director™ console to configure and manage the IBM Cloud for VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service virtual data centers (VDCs). VMware® by Broadcom workloads are created, deployed, and managed in the VMware Cloud Director console.

Access the VMware Cloud Director console from the VMware Solutions console to complete the following tasks from the console.

* Virtual machine (VM) templates upload
* vApp and VM deployment and management
* Virtual network creation and management
* Edge configuration and putting VMs on the public and private networks
* User administration

Authentication and authorization to VMware Cloud Director defaults to using IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM). Users log in to VMware Cloud Director by using their IBM Cloud credentials. When logged in to the IBM Cloud account with the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as a Service instance, single sign-on (SSO) is used to access VMware Cloud Director.

In the VMware Solutions console, click **VMware console** to access the VMware Cloud Director console.

## Before you begin
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Review roles and assign resource access for VCF as a Service instances. For more information, see [Managing IAM access for VCF as a Service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vmaas-iam&interface=ui&format=markdown) and [Roles and permissions for VMware Cloud Director](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vmaas-iam_vcd&format=markdown).

## Responsibilities when you use IAM
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Review the following information to understand your responsibilities and IBM® responsibilities for managing IAM.

### IBM responsibilities
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Review IBM responsibilities for managing IAM.

* Configure the IAM integration with the VMware Cloud Director console by using OpenID Connect (OIDC) for new deployments.
* In the VMware Cloud Director console, populate the initial roles and permissions that map to the IAM roles. For more information, see [Roles and permissions for VMware Cloud Director](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vmaas-iam_vcd&format=markdown).

### Your responsibilities
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Review your responsibilities for managing IAM.

* Maintain and manage the IBM Cloud IAM SSO integration with VMware Cloud Director.
* User roles and permissions are managed in IBM Cloud IAM.
* Remove or disconnect the IBM Cloud IAM integration with VMware Cloud Director if you want local authentication (auth-n) and authorization (auth-z) through VMware Cloud Director.
* Users are added to VMware Cloud Director and managed directly in VMware Cloud Director with roles and permissions.

## Related links
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* [VCF as a Service overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vmware-aas-overview&interface=ui&format=markdown)
* [Contacting IBM Support](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-support&interface=ui&format=markdown)
* [VMware Cloud Director Documentation](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/cloud-director/vmware-cloud-director/10-6/overview.html){: external}