Milestone 2 AD, vCenter, and SSO - ItsMmmike/SYS-350 GitHub Wiki
Overview
In this Milestone, we learn how to integrate VMware vCenter with our ESXi Servers. VMware vCenter is useful as it can allow users to manage multiple virtualization hosts (ESXi) from a centralized web interface. Additionally, we learn how to use Windows AD to provide Single Sign On (SSO) logins into our vCenter environments.
Guide Pages:
Reflection:
- Overall, my main takeaway from working on this milestone is to ensure that both your AD + ESXi hosts are using the same NTP Server since vCenter will not properly install if this step is not taken.
- Additionally, a quick reminder to check if DNS is working properly --> Was unable to update vCenter Server due to AD01 not being able to resolve external DNS queries properly for some time.
Deliverables
Deliverable 1 - Screenshot of a successful SSH from Mgmt1 to [email protected]@10.0.17.4 showing the Current Logged In User, their Primary AD Groups, and the DNS A Records for my domain's primary zone.
Deliverable 2 - Screenshots showing my current vCenter Version (v8.0.3), valid vCenter License, and valid vSphere License.
Deliverable 3 - Screenshot showing my named "michael-adm" domain admin user successfully logged into my vCenter environment.