Apply permissions to ESXi Hosts using Host Profiles

Host profiles are only available in the Enterprise Plus edition, and are used to provide a standard configuration for multiple ESXi hosts. You can create a new host profile from a reference host and apply the host profile to all hosts that share similar characteristics with the reference host (like a homogeneous hardware configuration).

To apply permissions to ESXi using a host profile, you need to modify it with the vSphere Web Client in Home | Policies and Profiles | Host Profiles. Select a specific host profile and click on the Configure tab, and then click on the Edit Host Profile... button, or select Edit settings in the host profile contextual menu:

The security setting and the permissions rules are in the Security and Services menu.

Note that, in the same menu, you can also configure ESXi firewall rules and domain service integration, as discussed previously.

For more information, see the vSphere 6.5 Security Guide (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-FD142F1A-FE26-473E-BF09-AC2F84B15318.html).