User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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4MovethepointerovertheusernameandchoosePropertiesfromthemenu.
5Specifytheauthenticationmethod.
 SelectingtheIsLDAPcheckboxandclickingOKensuresanActiveDirectory
domain,ratherthantheStage Manageruserdatabase,authenticatesthisuser
whenheorshelogsintotheWebconsole.See“LDAPBindingandGroup
Strings”onpage 100.
BecausetheStage Manageradministratorisnotauthenticatedagainstthe
Active
Directorydomain,theadministratorcannotusethevalidationprocess
availabletoLDAPusers.
 DeselectingtheIsLDAPcheckboxandclickingOKensuresthatthe
Stage Manageruserdatabase,ratherthananActiveDirectorydomain,
authenticatesthisuserwhenheorshelogsintotheWebconsole.
LDAP Binding and Group Strings
TheLDAPbindingstringreferencestheMicrosoftActiveDirectoryservicethat
Stage ManagerusestoauthenticateuserswhoareunknownormarkedasLDAPusers.
TheActiveDirectoryservicemustberunningtoallowLDAPuserstologinto
Stage Manager.YoucanmodifythescopeoftheusersusingActiveDirectory

organizationalunits(OUs)andspecificgroupinformation.
LDAP Binding String Usage
Reviewthisusage:
LDAP://<server>/<object>
TheLDAPlettersatthebeginningofthestringmustusecapitalletters.
Youcanusethreeapproachesforthisusage:
 Combinationofserverandobjectnames
 Servername
 Objectname
Ifyouusejustanobjectname,Stage Managerusesserverlessbindingthatconnects
toanyavailabledomaincontroller.Serverlessbindingprovidesredundancyand
load‐balancingbenefits.Ifsecurityconsiderationspreventyoufromusing
serverlessbinding,specifyafullyqualifieddomainnameforthedomain(for
example,vmware.com)ordomain
controller(forexample,dc1.vmware.com).