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Table Of Contents
- Platform Services Controller Administration
- Contents
- About Platform Services Controller Administration
- 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
- Understanding 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 vSphere Client
- 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
Table 2‑3. Active Directory as an LDAP Server and OpenLDAP Settings
Option Description
Name Name of the identity source.
Base DN for users Base Distinguished Name for users.
Base DN for groups The base Distinguished Name for groups.
Domain name The FQDN of the domain.
Domain alias For Active Directory identity sources, the domain's NetBIOS
name. Add the NetBIOS name of the Active Directory domain as
an alias of the identity source if you are using SSPI
authentications.
For OpenLDAP identity sources, the domain name in capital
letters is added if you do not specify an alias.
Username ID of a user in the domain who has a minimum of read-only
access to Base DN for users and groups.
Password Password of the user who is specified by Username.
Connect to Domain controller to connect to. Can be any domain controller in
the domain, or specific controllers.
Primary Server URL Primary domain controller LDAP server for the domain.
Use the format ldap://hostname:port or
ldaps://hostname:port. The port is typically 389 for LDAP
connections and 636 for LDAPS connections. For Active
Directory multi-domain controller deployments, the port is
typically 3268 for LDAP and 3269 for LDAPS.
A certificate that establishes trust for the LDAPS endpoint of the
Active Directory server is required when you use ldaps:// in
the primary or secondary LDAP URL.
Secondary server URL Address of a secondary domain controller LDAP server that is
used for failover.
SSL certificates If you want to use LDAPS with your Active Directory LDAP
Server or OpenLDAP Server identity source, click Browse to
choose a certificate.
Use vCenter Single Sign-On With Windows Session
Authentication
You can use vCenter Single Sign-On with Windows Session Authentication (SSPI). You must join the
Platform Services Controller to an Active Directory domain before you can use SSPI.
Using SSPI speeds up the login process for the user who is currently logged in to a machine.
Prerequisites
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Join the Platform Services Controller appliance or the Windows machine on which
Platform Services Controller is running to an Active Directory domain. See Add a Platform Services
Controller Appliance to an Active Directory Domain.
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Verify that the domain is set up properly. See VMware Knowledge Base article 2064250.
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