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4 Specify the primary and secondary LDAP hosts, the lookup port of the LDAP server, the root element,
and the browsing credentials.
5 Define the User lookup base.
This is the LDAP container (the top-level domain name or organizational unit) where Orchestrator
searches for potential users.
a Click Search and type the top-level domain name or organizational unit.
Searching for company returns dc=company,dc=org and other common names containing the search
term. If you type dc=company,dc=org as a search term, no results are found.
b Click the LDAP connection string for the discovered branch to insert it in the User lookup base text
box.
If no matches are found, check your LDAP connection string in the main LDAP page.
NOTE You can connect to the Global Catalog Server through port 3268. It issues LDAP referrals
that Orchestrator follows to find the account or group in a subdomain.
6 Define the Group lookup base.
This is the LDAP container where Orchestrator looks up groups.
a Click Search and type the top-level domain name or organizational unit.
b Click the LDAP string for the discovered branch to insert it in the Group lookup base text box.
7 Define the vCO Admin group.
This must be an LDAP group (like Domain Users) to which you grant administrative privileges for
Orchestrator.
a Click Search and type the top-level group name.
b Click the LDAP string for the discovered branch to insert it in the vCO Admin group text box.
IMPORTANT In eDirectory installations, only the eDirectory administrator can see users or user groups
that have administration rights. If you are using an eDirectory LDAP server, and you log in to
Orchestrator as a member of the vCO Admin group but you are not the eDirectory administrator, you
can create users or user groups with administration rights, but you cannot see those users. This problem
does not apply to other LDAP servers.
8 Click the Test Login tab and type credentials for a user to test whether they can access the Orchestrator
smart client.
After a successful login, the system checks if the user is part of the Orchestrator Administrator group.
What to do next
Define the LDAP search options and apply your changes.
Define the LDAP Search Options
You can customize the LDAP search queries and make searching in LDAP more effective.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
2 Click Authentication.
3 Select LDAP Authentication from the Authentication mode drop-down menu.
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