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Add or Modify an LDAP Host Definition
To import LDAP users, you must define the LDAP host in vCenter Operations Manager. You can also modify
existing LDAP host definitions.
Procedure
1 Select Admin > Security.
2 In the User Accounts pane, click the Import From LDAP icon.
3 Add, edit, or delete an LDAP host.
Option Action
Add a new LDAP host
Click Add.
Modify an LDAP host definition
Select an LDAP host definition and click Edit.
Remove an LDAP host definition
Click Delete
4 Define or modify the LDAP host settings.
Option Action
LDAP Host Name
Type the LDAP host name or IP address.
Port
Type the port number to connect to the LDAP host.
SSL
Select if you imported an SSL certificate for LDAP import. You can use SSL
only if you imported a security certificate in the
vCenter Operations Manager server trust store.
Username Field
Select or type the LDAP field to use as the user name in
vCenter Operations Manager.
Base DN
Type the base distinguished name for the user search. Only users under this
base will be found.
Username
Type the user name to connect to the LDAP database.
Password
Type the password to connect to the LDAP database.
5 (Optional) To limit the users that vCenter Operations Manager finds on the LDAP host when you import
LDAP users, type values in the search criteria and attribute text boxes.
All of the text boxes are optional.
Option Description
Group Search Criteria
The LDAP search criteria for finding groups. If you do not specify group
search criteria, vCenter Operations Manager uses the default search
parameters (|(objectClass=group)(objectClass=groupOfNames)).
Member Attribute
The name of the attribute of a group object that contains the list of members.
If you do not specify a member attribute, vCenter Operations Manager uses
member by default.
User Search Criteria
The LDAP search criteria for finding and caching specific users that the
member field looks up. Type sets of key=value pairs, for example, (|
(key1=value1)(key2=value2)). If you do not specify search criteria,
vCenter Operations Manager searches for each user separately and the
search operation might be time consuming.
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