In the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal, you can configure your organization to use the system LDAP connection as a shared source of users and groups. You can configure your organization to use a separate LDAP connection as a private source of users and groups.

When configuring the LDAP settings you must provide information about the source of users for this organization.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in as an organization administrator or a role with equivalent set of rights.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Administration.
  2. From the secondary left panel, under Identity Providers, select LDAP.
    The current LDAP settings are displayed.
  3. On the LDAP Settings tab, click Edit.
    The Edit LDAP Options dialog box also appears if an LDAP connection is not configured and you click Configure.
  4. Configure the LDAP source of users and groups for your organization and click Save.
    Option Description
    Do not use LDAP The organization does not use an LDAP server as a source of organization users and groups.
    VMware Cloud Director system LDAP service

    The organization uses the VMware Cloud Director system LDAP connection configured by your service provider.

    Enter the distinguished name for the organizational unit.
    Custom LDAP service The organization uses a private LDAP server as a source of organization users and groups.

What to do next

If you selected Custom LDAP service, click the Custom LDAP tab to Edit, Test, and Synchronize an LDAP Connection.