Basic admin tasks using Web Client – add AD to SSO

Quick guide for beginners hot to add Active Directory as a authentication identity source to VMware vSphere Single Sign On server.

• Log in to vCenter SSO via vSphere web client https://<IP_ADDRESS_OFF_SSO_SERVER>:9443/
• Provide credentials:
  • username: admin@System-Domain
  • password: the same password which was set during SSO installation process
• From home screen go to Administration –> Sign-on and discovery –> Configuration –> from Identity sources tab click on green plus to add new identity source

SSO identity source add

• Provide necessary informations:
  • Primary server URL: Primary AD domain controller – format is ldap://<FQDN_OR_IP>
  • Secondary server URL:  second AD domain controller – format same as above
  • base DN for users (optional)
  • Domain name
  • Domain alias (optional)
  • base DN for groups (optional)
  • authentication type
  • username
  • pasword
• test connection
• Add new authentication entity into default domains, click on blue circle in Identity source tab

Basically that ‘s is all what one has to do, should work without problems :-).

SSO AD configuration