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August 24, 2026

Nutanix - Privileges Required for the Prism Central Server

To use Nutanix Prism Central as a Horizon 8 capacity provider, you must create a service account with appropriate privileges. Specify the service account when adding a Prism Central capacity provider to Horizon 8.

The Prism Central service account must have sufficient privileges to enable Horizon 8 to perform operations in Prism Central. You can create a custom role in Prism Central, with the required permissions that are detailed here, and assign the service account that custom role.

CategoryPermissions
Cluster
  • View Cluster
  • View Custer Hold
VM Templates
  • View VM Templates
Subnet
  • View Subnet
Storage Containers
  • View Storage Containers
AHV VM
  • View Virtual Machine
  • View VM by ID
  • Allow Virtual Machine Power Off
  • Allow Virtual Machine Power On
  • Clone Virtual Machine
  • ACPI Reboot Virtual Machine
  • ACPI Shutdown Virtual Machine
  • View Existing Virtual Machine
  • Update Virtual Machine
  • Delete Virtual Machine
  • Revert Existing Virtual Machine
  • Reset Virtual Machine
  • Update Virtual Machine Categories
  • Unmount Virtual Machine CDROM
Recovery Point
  • Create Recovery Point
  • Delete Recovery Point
  • View Recovery Point
Task
  • View Task
Category Management
  • Create or Update Name Category
  • Create or Value Name Category
  • Delete Name Category
  • Delete Value Category
  • View Value Category
VM Templates
  • View VM Templates
  • Deploy VM Templates

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