6.5.1

6 Create a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain or join an existing domain.
Option Description
Create a new Single Sign-On domain Creates a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
a Enter the domain name, for example vsphere.local.
b Set the user name for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account, for
example, administrator.
After the deployment, you can log in to vCenter Single Sign-On and to
vCenter Server as adminstrator_user_name@your_domain_name.
c Set the password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account.
This is the password for the user
adminstrator_user_name@your_domain_name.
d Enter the site name for vCenter Single Sign-On.
The site name is important if you are using vCenter Single Sign-On in multiple
locations. The site name must contain alphanumeric characters. Choose your
own name for the vCenter Single Sign-On site. You cannot change the name
after installation.
Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported in site names.
Your site name must include alphanumeric characters and a comma (,),
period (.), question mark (?), dash (-), underscore (_), plus sign (+) or equals
sign (=).
e Click Next.
Join an existing vCenter Single Sign-
On domain
Joins a new vCenter Single Sign-On server to a vCenter Single Sign-On domain
in an existing Platform Services Controller. You must provide the information
about the vCenter Single Sign-On server to which you join the new vCenter
Single Sign-On server.
a Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the
Platform Services Controller that contains the vCenter Single Sign-On server
to join.
b Enter the HTTPS port to use for communication with the
Platform Services Controller.
c Enter the user name and password of the vCenter Single Sign-On
administrator account.
d Click Next.
e Approve the certificate provided by the remote machine, and you must select
whether to create or join an existing vCenter Single Sign-On site.
f Select whether to create or join an existing vCenter Single Sign-On site.
7 Click Next.
8 For each component, accept the default port numbers, or if another service is using the defaults,
enter alternative ports, and click Next.
Make sure that ports 80 and 443 are free and dedicated, so that vCenter Single Sign-On can use
these ports. Otherwise, use custom ports during installation.
9 (Optional) Change the default destination folders and click Next.
Important Do not use folders that end with an exclamation mark (!).
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