Creating a user and granting required permissions

Before you configure the Linux® KVM agent, you must create a user and grant required permissions to the user to monitor the RHEVM and RHEVH servers.

1. Open the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Web Administration portal.
2. Click Configure.
3. In the Configuration window, select Roles.
   1. To create a role, click New.
   2. In the New Role window, add the name of the role and select Admin as the account type.
   3. Ensure that the check boxes in the Check boxes to Allow Action pane are not selected, and click OK.
4. In the Configuration window, select System Permission.
   1. To grant a user permission, click Add.
   2. In the Add System Permission to User window, select the user to whom you want to grant the permission.
   3. From the Assign role to user list, select the role that you created and click OK.

What to do next

Complete the agent configuration:

• Configuring a connection to the RHEVH server
• Configuring a connection to the RHEVM server