according to the best practices VMware.
you need to add vcenter server to active directory?
Yes, that is best practice. However, I usually deploy vcenter for my testing and almost 99% of times, I did not add vCenter VM to domain and it worked just fine for me in test environment. Later I use to add domains as identity source in order to give permissions to domain users.
If it is production environment, it is always better to add it to domain.
Yes. One of the requirements for installing vCenter is that the server its being installed on should have an FQDN which in-turn happens when you add it to domain(AD).
It will also auto discover the Identity store if you are installing vCenter with domain user which will help you with future authentication process.
Yes, that is best practice. However, I usually deploy vcenter for my testing and almost 99% of times, I did not add vCenter VM to domain and it worked just fine for me in test environment. Later I use to add domains as identity source in order to give permissions to domain users.
If it is production environment, it is always better to add it to domain.
