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Chapter 15 Managing Lab Manager Settings
Set Up an LDAP Connection
You
can
set
up
an
LDAP
connection
to
provide
Lab Manager
access
to
users
and
groups
that
already
exist
on
the
LDAP
server.
To set up an LDAP connection
1
In
the
left
pane,
click
Settings
.
2
Click
the
LDAP
tab.
3
Type
the
host
name
or
IP
address
of
the
LDAP
server.
If
you
do
not
specify
a
server,
Lab Manager
uses
serverless
binding
(for
Active
Directory
only),
which
connects
to
any
available
domain
controller.
Serverless
binding
provides
redundancy
and
load
‐
balancing
benefits
and
requires
that
the
Lab Manager
server
is
in
the
same
domain
as
the
Active
Directory
domain
controller.
4
Type
a
port
number
or
leave
blank
to
use
the
default
ports.
If
the
LDAP
server
is
listening
on
a
nondefault
port,
type
the
port
number.
For
LDAP,
the
default
port
is
389;
for
LDAPS,
the
default
port
is
636.
5
Type
the
base
distinguished
name
(DN).
The
base
DN
is
the
location
in
the
LDAP
directory
where
Lab Manager
connects.
Lab Manager
can
detect
the
base
DN
if
your
LDAP
server
supports
this.
Leave
this
text
box
blank
and
click
Test
LDAP
Settings
to
determine
if
your
server
supports
base
DN
detection.
VMware
recommends
connecting
at
the
root.
You
need
to
type
the
domain
components
only,
for
example,
DC=vmware,DC=com
.
To
connect
to
a
node
in
the
tree,
type
the
distinguished
name
for
that
node,
for
example,
OU=LabManager,DC=vmware,DC=com
.
Connecting
at
a
node
limits
the
scope
of
the
directory
available
to
Lab Manager.
6
Select
the
Use
LDAPS
check
box
if
you
have
an
LDAP
server
set
up
to
support
LDAPS.
LDAPS
makes
LDAP
traffic
confidential
and
secure
by
using
LDAP
over
Secure
Sockets
Layer
(SSL).
C
AUTION
If
you
specify
an
OU,
only
LDAP
users
in
that
OU
can
log
in
to
Lab Manager.
In
some
cases,
this
restriction
can
block
access
to
users
that
you
do
not
want
to
block.
For
example,
consider
the
following
scenario:
Domain
Name:
mydomain.com
Top
Level
OUs:
DublinOffice
and
HeadOffice
Groups:
LabMan
group
that
includes
users
from
both
the
DublinOffice
and
HeadOffice
OUs.
If
your
binding
string
is
OU=HeadOffice,DC=mydomain,DC=com
,
and
you
add
the
LabMan
group
to
a
Lab Manager
organization,
only
members
of
the
LabMan
group
who
are
also
members
of
the
HeadOffice
OU
can
log
in
to
Lab Manager
and
access
the
organization.
Members
of
the
LabMan
group
from
the
DublinOffice
OU
are
excluded.
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