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For multiple locations for the different components, you can perform a custom install (step 5) and
set up an Active Directory or OpenLDAP identity source.
2 The installation type you select when you install everything in one location depends on whether this is
the first vCenter Server system.
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If this is the first or the only vCenter Server system that you install at this location, you can perform
a Simple Install. See “Install vCenter Single Sign-On, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory
Service, and vCenter Server by Using Simple Install,” on page 75.
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Use Simple Install unless you have good reasons to install the vCenter Server in different
locations.
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If this is not the first vCenter Server system that you install at this location, you can perform a
Custom Install and point to the vCenter Single Sign-On service that you installed earlier when
prompted. See “Use Custom Install to Install vCenter Server and Required Components,” on
page 78.
3 After an installation in one location, local operating system users and the user
administrator@vsphere.local can authenticate.
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If the localos identity source is sufficient, you can log in to vCenter Server as
administrator@vsphere.local and assign permissions to other local operating system (localos) users.
See User Management Tasks in vSphere Security.
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If an Active Directory identity source is needed, continue to step 4.
4 If you want to use an Active Directory or OpenLDAP identity source:
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Log in to the vCenter Single Sign-On server as administrator@vsphere.local and add the domain as
an identity source.
b Add the Active Directory or OpenLDAP domain as an identity source.
c Log in to vCenter Server and assign permissions so users in your domain can access vCenter Server
components.
See “Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source,” on page 87 and “Assign Permissions in the
vSphere Web Client,” on page 89.
5 If you decide to install vCenter Server in multiple locations, you can install one or more vCenter Server
components and a vCenter Single Sign-On component in each location. See “Use Custom Install to
Install vCenter Server and Required Components,” on page 78.
a Custom Install vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On in location 1.
b Custom Install vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On in location 2.
As part of the installation of the second system, point the vCenter Single Sign-On system to the first
vCenter Single Sign-On system you installed. If you want, you can also set up Linked Mode for the
vCenter Server instances.
c Set up vCenter Single Sign-On for location 1 using the procedure in Steps 3 and 4.
6 After you complete the setup of vCenter Single Sign-On in one location, vCenter Single Sign-On
settings in all other locations are updated immediately.
7 Log in to vCenter Server and assign permissions to users and groups.
You set permissions for each vCenter Server instance. See
“Assign Permissions in the vSphere Web
Client,” on page 89.
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