Customize Portal option is missing from the Cloud director UI.
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Customize Portal option is missing from the Cloud director UI.

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Article ID: 325671

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Products

VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

  • The 'Customize Portal' option cannot be seen from the top navigation bar, More list.
  • Administrators are unable to publish plugins for the tenants.

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.x

Cause

This issue occurs when the plugin is disabled which prevents it from seen in the VCD UI.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, enable the plugin via the API Explorer. 

  1. Get the list of all the plugins available by executing the GET request.
    GET https://VCD_IP_or_FQDN/cloudapi/extensions/ui
    Note the id for the plugin : "Customize Portal"
  2. Update the 'enabled' field to True to reenable the plugin again. 
    {
    "pluginName": "Customize Portal",
    "vendor": "VMware",
    "description": "Customize Portal is UI Plugin for UI Plugin management.",
    "version": "4.0.0",
    "license": "MIT",
    "link": "http://www.vmware.com",
    "tenant_scoped": false,
    "provider_scoped": true,
    "enabled": true,
    "id": "urn:vcloud:uiPlugin:659a027b-####-####-####-########2c2",
    "plugin_status": "ready",
    "resourcePath": "/tenant/System/uiPlugins/659a027b-####-####-####-########2c2/5fe6c453-####-####-####-########ae7"
  }
 
      3. Test the plugin from the top navigation bar, More list.