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15 Enter the Inventory Service URL.
The Inventory Service URL takes the form https://Inventory_Service_host_FQDN_or_IP:10443. 10443 is
the default Inventory Service HTTPS port number. If you entered a different port number when you
installed Inventory Service, use that port number here.
16 Either accept the default destination folder or click Change to select another location.
The installation path cannot contain any of the following characters: non-ASCII characters, commas (,),
periods (.), exclamation points (!), pound signs (#), at signs (@), or percentage signs (%).
17 Click Install.
Multiple progress bars appear during the installation of the selected components.
18 Click Finish.
The vCenter Server installation is complete.
What to do next
After you install vCenter Server, you can display the vCenter Server welcome page by typing the IP address
of the vCenter Server machine or by typing
machine. You can install the vSphere Web Client to access vCenter Server.
Review the topics in
actions you might want to take.

Add a vCenter Single Sign-On Identity Source

Users can log in to vCenter Server only if they are in a domain that has been added as a vCenter Single Sign-
On identity source. vCenter Single Sign-On administrator users can add identity sources from the
vSphere Web Client.
An identity source can be a native Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) domain or an
OpenLDAP directory service. For backward compatibility, Active Directory as an LDAP Server is also
available.
Immediately after installation, the following default identity sources and users are available:
localos
vsphere.local
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Web Client as administrator@vsphere.local or as another user with vCenter Single
Sign-On administrator privileges.
2 Browse to Administration > Single Sign-On > Configuration.
3 On the Identity Sources tab, click the Add Identity Source icon.
4 Select the type of identity source and enter the identity source settings.
Option
Active Directory (Integrated
Windows Authentication)
Active Directory as an LDAP Server
VMware, Inc.
localhost
Chapter 5, "After You Install vCenter Server,"
All local operating system users. These users can be granted permissions to
vCenter Server. If you are upgrading, those users who already have
permissions keep those permissions.
Contains the vCenter Single Sign-On internal users.
Description
Use this option for native Active Directory implementations. See
Directory Identity Source Settings,"
This option is available for backward compatibility. It requires that you
specify the domain controller and other information. See
LDAP Server and OpenLDAP Server Identity Source Settings,"
page 89.
from a browser installed on the vCenter Server
on page 101 for other postinstallation
on page 88.
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