I try to add OpenLdap authentication option to vSphere. I would like to give some users possibility to log in to vSphere using ldap accounts. So far I didn't found nothing. All tutorial in internet are for microsoft AD. So Im doing this:
First login to vSphere-client using admin@SYSTEM-DOMAIN, select Sign-On and Discovery -> Configuration -> Add Identity Source
After that I provide all basic info:
name: ldap test
primary server URL: ldap://ldap:389
base DN for users: dc=ldap,dc=my_domain_here,dc=com
When I click "test connection" Im getting this:
"probing for connectivity faild"
There is no problem with LDAP because I added LDAP auth to many other services, I just can't do that auth for vCenter.
Maybe I dont understand the purpose of this feature in vSphere and maybe it's not possible to use user account from openLDAP to auth. Any ideas?
You'll find the official ducumentation at Add a vCenter Single Sign On Identity Source.
Did you add a service account user that can access your OpenLdap directory?