To provide VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager with shared access to users and groups from external sources, you can configure an LDAP and Active Directory as an external authentication sources at a system level.

Important: VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager does not support LDAPS external authentication sources.

Prerequisites

If you log in as an imported user, verify that you have the USERS_MANAGEMENT permission.

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Administration.
  2. Click the User Management tab.
  3. Click Add New Instance.
  4. From the Type drop-down menu, select the type of external authentication source you want to configure.
  5. In the Instance Name text box, enter the name for the external authentication source.
  6. Provide the URL to the external authentication source.
    The URL must be in the ldap://source-address:port-number format.
  7. Enter the user name and password of an existing user who can send queries to the LDAP or Active Directory server.
    The user is used by VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager to browse the external authentication source and to validate other users from the this source.
  8. If you are configuring an Active Directory authentication resource, add the domain name.
  9. Enter the search base.
  10. Test the connection to the external authentication resource.
    • To test the connection to the external authentication resource with the configured user, click Test Connection and click Validate.
    • To test the connection to the external authentication resource with a different user, click Test Connection, provide the account credentials, and click Validate.
  11. To complete the configuration, click Configure.