If you’ve tried to use the CentOS 6.3 template that VMware provides as part of the out-of-the-box application templates for vCloud Application Director 6.0.1, then you’re probably aware of the difficulty involved due to sub-optimal documentation and the template’s initial configuration. I’ve worked through the documentation and after a bit of work and head scratching, […]
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Active Directory tenant identity sources & vCloud Application Director 6.0.1
Recently, I encountered an issue while trying to add a cloud provider in vCloud Application Director 6.0.1. It turns out that, depending on the vCloud Automation Center identity source, you may need to capitalize the domain name in the user’s UPN. (See this post about attempting to add a cloud provider with a down-level username […]
Adding a cloud provider in vCloud Application Director 6.0.1
If you’ve tried to add a new cloud provider within vCloud Application Director 6.0.1, you may have run into an issue where the credentials can’t be validated. The (less than helpful) UI error message is: Could not connect to the Cloud Provider at https://iaas01.lab.dns: Unable to login to cloud provider. Please verify the user credentials […]