Data Services Manager version 2.1 introduces a much anticipated feature. This is the ability to use LDAPS to give users access to databases. Version 2.0.x already had LDAPS support for user access to the DSM Provider Appliance Portal/UI. Version 2.1 extends that support to the databases which DSM provisions. In this post, we will see how to configure secure LDAPS to connect to Active Directory, and then the steps which are used to grant users access to the databases. We will see how this can be done at database creation time, but also how it can be done after the…
It gives me great pleasure to announce the availability of Data Services Manager version 2.1. The team have been working tirelessly on this release to deliver on new features and functionality. In this post, I will cover a number of the big ticket items found in this release. In later posts, I will delve into these features in more detail, so watch this space. Visit the DSM section of the Broadcom Support Portal to download the product. VMware Cloud Foundation customers are automatically entitled to DSM, and in this release we are making it even easier to stand up your…
In this penultimate video in the series of installing a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (Grid) management cluster onto vSphere using the UI, we will look at the optional Identity Management configuration. In particular, we will look at integration with a secure LDAP service (in this demo, Microsoft Active Directory). We will see how to use the “Verify LDAP Configuration” utility to ensure that the LDAPS Endpoint, Bind configuration, and User and Group Search Attributes are functioning as expected before deploying the TKG management cluster onto vSphere. This will result in the deployment of additional packages on the cluster, such as Pinniped…