6.5.1
Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- Updated Information
- Getting Started with Platform Services Controller
- vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller Deployment Types
- Deployment Topologies with External Platform Services Controller Instances and High Availability
- Understanding vSphere Domains, Domain Names, and Sites
- Platform Services Controller Capabilities
- Managing Platform Services Controller Services
- Managing the Platform Services Controller Appliance
- vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Understanding vCenter Single Sign-On
- Configuring vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Sources
- Identity Sources for vCenter Server with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Set the Default Domain for vCenter Single Sign-On
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Remove a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source
- Use vCenter Single Sign-On With Windows Session Authentication
- vCenter Server Two-Factor Authentication
- Using vCenter Single Sign-On as the Identity Provider for Another Service Provider
- Security Token Service STS
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Policies
- Managing vCenter Single Sign-On Users and Groups
- Add vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Disable and Enable vCenter Single Sign-On Users
- Delete a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Edit a vCenter Single Sign-On User
- Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Add Members to a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Remove Members From a vCenter Single Sign-On Group
- Delete vCenter Single Sign-On Solution Users
- Change Your vCenter Single Sign-On Password
- vCenter Single Sign-On Security Best Practices
- vSphere Security Certificates
- Certificate Requirements for Different Solution Paths
- Certificate Management Overview
- Managing Certificates with the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Explore Certificate Stores from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Replace Certificates with New VMCA-Signed Certificates from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority from the Platform Services Controller Web Interface
- Set up Your System to Use Custom Certificates from the Platform Services Controller
- Managing Certificates from the vSphere Web Client
- Managing Certificates with the vSphere Certificate Manager Utility
- Certificate Manager Options and the Workflows in This Document
- Regenerate a New VMCA Root Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Make VMCA an Intermediate Certificate Authority (Certificate Manager)
- Generate CSR with vSphere Certificate Manager and Prepare Root Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace VMCA Root Certificate with Custom Signing Certificate and Replace All Certificates
- Replace Machine SSL Certificate with VMCA Certificate (Intermediate CA)
- Replace Solution User Certificates with VMCA Certificates (Intermediate CA)
- Replace All Certificates with Custom Certificate (Certificate Manager)
- Revert Last Performed Operation by Republishing Old Certificates
- Reset All Certificates
- Manual Certificate Replacement
- Managing Services and Certificates With CLI Commands
- Troubleshooting Platform Services Controller
- Determining the Cause of a Lookup Service Error
- Unable to Log In Using Active Directory Domain Authentication
- vCenter Server Login Fails Because the User Account Is Locked
- VMware Directory Service Replication Can Take a Long Time
- Export a Platform Services Controller Support Bundle
- Platform Services Controller Service Logs Reference
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For a vCenter Server Appliance, follow the instructions in the vCenter Server Appliance Configuration
documentation.
Note Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) always uses the root of the Active Directory
domain forest. To configure your Integrated Windows Authentication identity source with a child domain
within your Active Directory forest, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2070433.
Select Use machine account to speed up configuration. If you expect to rename the local machine on
which vCenter Single Sign-On runs, specifying an SPN explicitly is preferable.
Note In vSphere 5.5, vCenter Single Sign-On uses the machine account even if you specify the SPN.
See VMware Knowledge Base article 2087978.
Table 2‑2. Add Identity Source Settings
Text Box Description
Domain name FQDN of the domain name, for example, mydomain.com. Do not
provide an IP address. This domain name must be DNS-
resolvable by the vCenter Server system. If you are using a
vCenter Server Appliance, use the information on configuring
network settings to update the DNS server settings.
Use machine account Select this option to use the local machine account as the SPN.
When you select this option, you specify only the domain name.
Do not select this option if you expect to rename this machine.
Use Service Principal Name (SPN) Select this option if you expect to rename the local machine. You
must specify an SPN, a user who can authenticate with the
identity source, and a password for the user.
Service Principal Name (SPN) SPN that helps Kerberos to identify the Active Directory service.
Include the domain in the name, for example,
STS/example.com.
The SPN must be unique across the domain. Running setspn -
S checks that no duplicate is created. See the Microsoft
documentation for information on setspn.
User Principal Name (UPN)
Password
Name and password of a user who can authenticate with this
identity source. Use the email address format, for example,
jchin@mydomain.com. You can verify the User Principal Name
with the Active Directory Service Interfaces Editor (ADSI Edit).
Active Directory LDAP Server and OpenLDAP Server Identity Source Settings
The Active Directory as an LDAP Server identity source is available for backward compatibility. Use the
Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) option for a setup that requires less input. The
OpenLDAP Server identity source is available for environments that use OpenLDAP.
If you are configuring an OpenLDAP identity source, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2064977 for
additional requirements.
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