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Integrate with VMware vCenter	VMware vCenter

VMware vCenter

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What is vCenter

vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware, and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location. VMware vMotion and svMotion require the use of vCenter and ESXi hosts.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCenter

:::caution Integration with authentik requires VMware vCenter 8.03 or newer. :::

The following placeholders will be used in the examples below:

• vcenter.company is the FQDN of the vCenter server.
• authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik install.

authentik configuration

Create an application and an OAuth2/OpenID provider, using the authentik Wizard.

1. Log into authentik as an admin, and navigate to Applications --> Applications, and then click Create with Wizard.

2. In the Wizard, follow the prompts to create an application and its provider.

   Create the application with these settings:

   • Select OIDC as the provider type.
   • Ensure that the Redirect URI Setting is left empty.

   Create the provider with these settings:

   -   Redirect URI: `https://vcenter.company/ui/login/oauth2/authcode`
   -   Ensure that a signing key is selected, for example the Self-signed Certificate.
   

3. Click Submit to create the application and provider, and then click Close to close the Wizard.

Optionally, you can use a policy to apply access restrictions to the application.

vCenter configuration

1. Log in to vCenter with your local Administrator account. Using the menu in the left navigation bar, navigate to Administration -> Single Sign-on -> Configuration.

2. Click Change Provider in the top-right corner, and then select Okta from the drop-down list.

3. In the wizard, click Run Prechecks, select the confirmation box, and then click Next

   • Enter the Directory Name. For example authentik or any other name.
   • Add a Domain Name. For example authentik.company.
   • Click on the Plus (+) sign to show the default domain name.

4. Click Next.

5. On the OpenID Connect page, enter the following values:

   • Set Identity Provider Name to authentik.
   • Set Client Identifier to the client ID from authentik.
   • Set Shared secret to the client secret from authentik.
   • Set OpenID Address to the OpenID Configuration URL from authentik.

6. Click Next, and then Finish.

7. On the Single Sign On -> Configuration page, in the User Provisioning area, take the following steps:

   • Copy the Tenant URL and save to a safe place.
   • Click on Generate to generate a SCIM token.
   • Click Generate in the newly opened modal box.
   • Copy the token and save to a safe place.

8. Return to the authentik Admin interface.

   • Create a SCIM provider with the name vcenter-scim.
   • Paste the Tenant URL into URL field for the provider.
   • Paste the token you saved into the Token field.
   • If your vCenter certificate is self-signed (which is the default), toggle Verify SCIM server's certificates to be off.
   • Configure options under User filtering to your needs.
   • Save the provider.
   • Edit the application that you created earlier and select this newly created SCIM provider as the backchannel provider.
   • Navigate to the provider and trigger a sync.

9. Return to vCenter.

   • Navigate to Administration -> Access Control -> Global Permissions.
   • Click Add.
   • Select the Domain created above from the dropdown.
   • Enter the name of the group to which you want to assign permissions.
   • Select the role.

10. Click Save.