Configuring LDAP Settings

You can integrate VMware Data Services Manager with an external identity provider and import those users into an organization. The integration with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) enables an organization to use its existing LDAP service as a user source for VMware Data Services Manager.

To take advantage of this LDAP integration, you must configure an LDAP server for your VMware Data Services Manager installation. This server becomes the single LDAP user source for all organizations that are configured in VMware Data Services Manager.

Note: Changing the LDAP server or groups for an existing configuration could result in loss of access to VMware Data Services Manager for any user that is not registered with the new LDAP server or group. Note that any databases provisioned by such users could become orphaned, and no longer managed by VMware Data Services Manager.

Prerequisites

Before you configure an LDAP server, ensure that you can identify the server host address, domain, and the user name and password of a read-only service user.

The LDAP endpoint must be resolvable by the DNS server specified at the time of Provider VM deployment.

Procedure

Perform the following procedure to configure an LDAP server:

1. Select Settings from the left navigation pane.

   This actions displays the Settings view, Information pane.

2. Select the LDAP Settings tab to view and configure/update the LDAP settings.

3. Set or update the LDAP properties:

   Property Name	Value	Required?
   Host Address	The hostname or IP address of the LDAP server.	Required
   Port	The port number on which the LDAP server is listening. For LDAP, the default port number is 389. For LDAPS, the default port number is 636.
   Username	The ID of a read-only user in the domain.	Required
   Password	The password of the user who is specified by Username.	Required
   Domain	The FQDN of the domain.	Required
   Base Dn	The base distinguished name identifies the location in the LDAP directory from which to start user searches. The default behaviour is for search to start from the root DN.
   Search Filter	The filter that defines the criteria to restrict access. The default value is (&(objectClass=user)).
   Login Attribute	The LDAP attribute to map to the VMware Data Services Manager Email Id. The default value is userPrincipalName.
   Firstname Attribute	The LDAP attribute to map to the VMware Data Services Manager First Name.
   Lastname Attribute	The LDAP attribute to map to the VMware Data Services Manager Last Name.
   TLS Enabled	Check this box if your server is using LDAPS.	Required

4. To confirm the LDAP thumbprint, click CONTINUE in the Trust LDAP Certificate dialog box.

5. to apply the LDAP settings, Click SAVE or UPDATE.

   VMware Data Services Manager validates the LDAP settings that you provide, and returns an error if validation fails.

   Note: It may take a few minutes for VMware Data Services Manager to synchronize with LDAP.