Creating configuration files

Authentication servers and authorization servers must be configured using configuration files. Configuration files can be created for LDAP, RADIUS, and Kerberos authentication protocols.

Parent Topic

• Setting up and managing user accounts

  After Device Manager - Storage Navigator has been set up on the SVP of your storage system, and the management clients are set up, you can create user accounts for Device Manager - Storage Navigator users and define their roles.

Child Topics

• Creating an LDAP configuration file

  To use an LDAP server for authentication, create a configuration file in UTF-8 encoding. Include information about the authentication server as shown in the following example. Any file name and extension is allowed.

• Creating a RADIUS configuration file

  To use a RADIUS server for authentication, create a configuration file in UTF-8 encoding. Include information about the authentication server as shown in the following example. Any file name and extension is allowed. If an authorization server is not used, you do not need to define the items for it.

• Creating a Kerberos configuration file

  To use an Kerberos server for authentication, create a configuration file in UTF-8 encoding. Include information about the authentication server as shown in the following example. Any file name and extension are allowed. If an authorization server is not used, you do not need to define the items for it.