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Enabling Active Directory / LDAP / LDAPS Authentication In vCenter 8.0

This article describes how to integrate VMware vCenter Server into your authentication infrastructure. Identity sources can be Microsoft Active Directory installations or OpenLDAP.

Bundled with the vCenter Servers is an internal user database that allows you to add and manage Users from the vCenter UI. Users management and Single Sign-On are provided by the embedded Platform Service Controller. In a large environment, you might want to connect your virtualization infrastructure to a centrally managed identity provider.

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How to enable LDAP Authentication in NSX-T 3.0

NSX-T 3.0 has added support for authentication using AD or LDAP sources. In previous versions, you had to deploy the vIDM (VMware Identity Manager) appliance to allow external authentication. You can still use vIDM but if you only need NSX-T authentication you can now do it without a sole purpose appliance.


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