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If you use DER, you will receive a similar error:ġ40686157022872:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:707:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE You have to use certificate in a correct format - Base-64 encoded X.509. In this step you configure a proxy and you have to add all CA certificates to PSC. After comparison I found what mistake I did (missed one step) while configuring vcenter appliance which can be seen here.I didn’t provided FQDN. After the vCenter VCSA appliance has been. Everything got configured correctly except AD authentication, as I have habit to document everything and already created seme on installing and configuring vcenter appliance 5.5. Once you enter the appropriate information in the dialog box, click OK and you will be prompted to reboot your vCenter appliance. Click Add in the Identity source page and select Active Directory over LDAP. Once the IWA is removed we can now add the AD LDAP connection. This tutorial was tested on Vmware ESXi 6.7. This tutorial was tested on Vmware ESXi 6.5.
VCENTER 6.5 ACTIVE DIRECTORY AUTHENTICATION HOW TO
Under Identity sources select the IWA and click remove. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to authenticate Vmware users using the Microsoft Windows database Active directory and the LDAP protocol. This will bring up a simple dialog box to type in the Domain, Organizational unit, Username, and Password. Logon to vCenter web client > Menu > Administration > single sign on > configuration. Configure the Reverse Proxy to Request Client Certificates. Click Manage > Active Directory and then click the Join button.When you follow a configuration guide ( here) you can notice that the configuration is based on two points: I have to admin that configuration is simple, however there is an important point - using a correct certificate format. All the required steps were carried out, joining the VCSA to Active Directory, rebooting the VCSA then adding the AD identity source with using the machine SPN. Recently I configured a smart card authentication for vCenter Server 6.5. I recently deployed VCSA 6.5U2 with embedded PSC and selected Active Directory (Windows Integrated Authentication) as the identity source.