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See Configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA Link. When you add a directory for this
environment, select the Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) option.
Multi-Forest Active Directory Environment with Trust Relationships
A multi-forest Active Directory deployment with trust relationships allows you to sync users and groups
from multiple Active Directory domains across forests where two-way trust exists between the domains.
See Configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA Link. When you add a directory for this environment,
select the Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) option.
Multi-Forest Active Directory Environment Without Trust Relationships
A multi-forest Active Directory deployment without trust relationships allows you to sync users and groups
from multiple Active Directory domains across forests without a trust relationship between the domains. In
this environment, you create multiple directories in the service, one directory for each forest.
See Configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA Link. The type of directories you create in the service
depends on the forest. For forests with multiple domains, select the Active Directory (Integrated Windows
Authentication) option. For a forest with a single domain, select the Active Directory over LDAP option.
Using Directories Management to Create an Active Directory Link
After you create vRealize Automation tenants, you must log in to the system console as a tenant
administrator and create an Active Directory link to support user authentication.
There are three Active Directory communication protocol options when configuring an Active Directory
connection using Directories Management.
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Active Directory over LDAP - An Active Directory over LDAP protocol supports DNS Service Location
lookup by default.
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Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) - With Active Directory (Integrated Windows
Authentication), you configure the domain to join. Active Directory over LDAP is appropriate for single
domain deployments. Use Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) for all multi-domain
and multi-forest deployments.
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OpenLDAP - You can use the open source version of LDAP to support Directories Management user
authentication.
After you select a communication protocol and configure an Active Directory link, you can specify the
domains to use with the Active Directory configuration and then select the users and groups to sync with
the specified configuration.
Configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA Link
You can configure an Active Directory over LDAP/IWA link to support user authentication using the
Directories Management feature to configure a link to Active Directory to support user authentication for
all tenants and select users and groups to sync with the Directories Management directory.
For information and instructions about using OpenLDAP with Directories Management, see Configure an
OpenLDAP Directory Connection.
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