Establish Trust with Active Directory as Identity Provider in the Management vCenter Server Instance for Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

To re-establish the integration between Active Directory and vCenter Server after the Active Directory server's certificate is replaced, you reconfigure the identity source in the management domain vCenter Server.

1. Log in to vCenter Server at https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui as [email protected].
2. From the vSphere Client Menu, select Administration.

3. In the Single sign on section, click Configuration.

4. Click the Identity provider tab.

5. In the left pane, click Identity sources, select the Active Directory instance for your environment, and click Edit.

6. In the Edit identity source dialog box, enter the password for the Bind DN user.

7. In the Certificates (for LDAPS) section, click Browse, navigate to the new Active Directory root certificate, and click Open.

8. On the Edit identity source dialog box, click Save.

What to do next

Verify you can login through Active Directory user following Verify Authentication to vCenter Server by Using an Active Directory User Account