You can integrate your cloud with an external identity provider and import users and groups to your organizations. You can configure an LDAP server connection at a system or organization level. You can configure a SAML integration at an organization level.
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Managing LDAP Connections As a system administrator, you can configure your VMware Cloud Director system organization and any other organization in the system to use an LDAP server as a source of users and groups. The organizations can use either the system LDAP connection or a private LDAP connection.
Configure Your System to Use a SAML Identity Provider If you want to import users and groups from a SAML identity provider to your system organization, you must configure your system organization with this SAML identity provider. Imported users can log in to the system organization with the credentials established in the SAML identity provider.
Configure Your System to Use an OpenID Connect Identity Provider If you want to import users and groups from an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider to your system organization, you must configure your system organization with this OIDC identity provider. Imported users can log in to the system organization with the credentials established in the OIDC identity provider.
Generate an API Access Token Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1, you can generate and issue API access tokens. You are authenticated using your respective security best practices, including leveraging two-factor authorization, by using API access tokens, you can grant access for building automation against VMware Cloud Director .