Configuration Options For Ace Management Server; Prerequisites For Configuring The Server; Create Users And Groups For Integration With Active Directory - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

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Configuration Options for ACE
Management Server
After you install ACE Management Server, you must use the browser‐based ACE Management Server Setup
application to configure the server.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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"Prerequisites for Configuring the Server" on page 29
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"Starting ACE Management Server Configuration" on page 34
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"Viewing and Changing Licensing Information" on page 35
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"Using an External Database" on page 35
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"Creating Access Control" on page 36
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"Uploading Custom SSL Certificates" on page 36
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"Logging Events" on page 37
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"Applying Configuration Settings" on page 37

Prerequisites for Configuring the Server

If you plan to use Active Directory integration (using LDAP), an external database, or custom SSL certificates,
you must perform some setup tasks before you configure the ACE Management Server.

Create Users and Groups for Integration with Active Directory

To use Active Directory for authenticating users, add users to an Active Directory group and create a user so
that ACE Management Server can query LDAP.
When you configure ACE Management Server to use LDAP, follow these guidelines to avoid negatively
affecting performance:
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The default domain is the domain for which the LDAP host is a domain controller.
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The query user is a user in the default domain.
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The admin user group is a group that exists in the default domain.
Integrating with Active Directory through LDAP is implemented differently in the Windows‐based ACE
Management Server than in the Linux‐based ACE Management Server. The operating systems differ in the
libraries they use to connect to Active Directory and the external databases they support. The Windows ACE
Management Server uses the WinLDAP library bundled with the Windows operating system. The Linux ACE
Management Server uses a third‐party Kerberos Library and OpenSSL. VMware internal testing results
indicate that the Windows implementation is provides better performance than Linux.
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