Authentication and Role Mapping

In most environments you will want to connect your Nutanix cluster(s) to your companies Active Directory or LDAP servers.

This allows the admins to login with those credentials instead of local Nutanix cluster credentials.

Note

The Steps are the same for Prism Central and Prism Element

In Prism, click > Authentication

Click + New Directory

Fill out the following fields and click Save:

  • Directory Type - Active Directory
  • Name - NTNXLAB
  • Domain - ntnxlab.local
  • Directory URL - ldaps://10.21.XX.40
  • Service Account Name - administrator@ntnxlab.local
  • Service Account Password - nutanix/4u
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Click on the yellow ! next to NTNXLAB

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Click on the Click Here to go to the Role Mapping screen

Click + New Mapping

Fill out the following fields and click Save:

  • Directory - NTNXLAB
  • LDAP Type - user
  • Role - Cluster Admin
  • Values - administrator
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Close the Role Mapping and Authentication windows