Nonetheless questioning how effectively you need to use this function in your new and present tenants?
In contrast to earlier than, VCD 10.4.1 Branding and Theming function is an all UI expertise with a quite simple configuration part and instant software of the theme to the supplier and the tenant portals.
With VCD 10.4.1, Branding and theming function gives the aptitude to alter the feel and appear of the VMware Cloud Director Supplier Portal and the Tenant portal. With this, a system administrator can add/edit/configure some functionalities like:
- Altering colors
- Altering photos (emblem)
- Including extra menus and
- Enhancing present menu hyperlinks
Why do I would like to take a look at this function?
A number of the VMware Cloud Director buyer tenant portal wants re-branding through the use of their very own firm’s emblem or photos and portal title and even offering customized hyperlinks. That is particularly legitimate for service suppliers who could have to model every of their tenants individually.
Earlier than we sink into this enhanced function, sure, enhanced function, which implies that branding and theming function was very a lot attainable up till VCD v10.4. Nevertheless, it was by way of the API solely and approach too advanced, complicated and with heavy limitations.
So how does this function work now?
The improved branding and theming function is an all UI function, making the system administrator’s job simple to grasp and create or customise themes.
The way to allow this function?
This function is accessible beneath a function flag which is disabled by default and must be enabled manually by the system administrator from the supplier portal.
The place to find this function?
From the supplier portal, navigate to the Extra menu > Customise Portal > Themes tab. By default, there are two themes accessible, OOTB.
The way to Create a New Theme
Whenever you click on Create Themes button, you’re introduced with 2 panes:
- Left Pane: To configure the customized branding theme
- Proper Pane: To reside preview the setting you’re configuring
What can a System Administrator do from the UI?
- Create varied new themes with customized colors, photos and hyperlinks.
- Apply branding and hyperlinks to the login and logout web page.
- Handle the theme by modifying, cloning, exporting, wanting on the particulars, making it default and even deleting.
- Import themes (Main use case is for multi-site deployment for a similar tenant).
- Convert previous themes (created utilizing an older model of VCD as much as v10.4)
- Apply new themes to tenants or to their very own supplier portal.
Be aware: To see the customized branding settings configured on the login and logout web page, you could override a default setting from the command line by executing the command (this setting is enabled to true by default for safety causes).
> ./cell-management-tool manage-config -n backend.branding.requireAuthForBranding -v false
Isn’t that an excessive amount of of an enhancement to the present function, which is very easy to make use of now?
Wish to know every of those potentialities in additional element and are excited to dive deeper and be taught extra about them? If sure, have a look at the Characteristic Friday video “Characteristic Friday Episode 121 – Cloud Director 10.4.1 Theming and Branding“, which is devoted to the brand new Branding and Theming function through which we discuss every chance in full element, together with a demo.
