vCAC 6.0 adding an identity store "cannot connect to the directory store"

[cmutchle]

I am trying to add my first identity store in vCAC 6.0 and when I try to test the connection the error above is displayed. I believe I have my Active Directory settings correct, I used Active Directory Explorer to verify my Login user DN was correct. I am not an active directory expert, so perhaps I am missing something pretty straight forward.

Here are the settings I've specified in the window:

Name: Hadoop

Type: Active Directory

URL: ldap://WIN-0ECVBF10RD1.hadoop-ad.ut1.omniture.com:389

Domain: hadoop-ad.ut1.omniture.com

Login user DN: CN=VMware vCAC,CN=Users,DN=hadoop-ad,DN=ut1,DN=omniture,DN=com

Password: [password]

Group search DN: DN=hadoop-ad,DN=ut1,DN=omniture,DN=com

I've checked the port for and that should be the default AD TCP port. The hostname matches the DNS record that the local machine resolves to as well. I understand that vCAC is _very_ dependent on all of the DNS records matching up. Any ideas around what I need to do in order to add this identity store?

Thank you in advance.

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Chris.

[abhilashhb · Accepted solution]

Hi Chris,

Your DN should be of form,

CN=VMware vCAC, CN=Users, DC=omniture, DC=ut1,DC=com.

Better use AD Explorer to connect to your AD and it will give you the exact DN for the user that you are trying to integrate the AD with.

[cmutchle]

Abhilash,

Thank you for spotting my typo. I looked at this for an hour this morning and didn't catch it.