Managing Authentication Services

You manage authentication services from the vSphere Client, or by using the CLI. You can also manage the vCenter Server Identity Provider Federation configuration process by using an API.

You can manage authentication using different interfaces.

Table 1. Interfaces for Managing Authentication Services

Interface	Description
vSphere Client	Web interface (HTML5-based client).
API	Manage the vCenter Server Identity Provider Federation configuration process.
sso-config	Command-line utility for configuring the vCenter Server built-in identity provider.