I am working on the issue from the VMware end,

Let's see if I can get them to understand that their current OpenLDAP solution is unusable and needs to be updated.

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Daniel E. White
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From: Christopher Young <mexigabacho@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 21:12
To: FreeIPA users list <freeipa-users@lists.fedorahosted.org>
Cc: Daniel White <daniel.e.white@nasa.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Freeipa-users] VMware vCenter Single Sign-On

 

I gotta say, the unwillingness of large organizations like RedHat to

even consider this functionality is pretty amazing to see since there

was a bug filed 12 years ago to add properly support for RFC 4530

entryUUID.  At some point, it should be a matter of pride for the

directory services to add functionality that clearly there is a demand

for.  I understand a lack of resources, but this looks more like a

lack of overall desire when you look at the completely lack of

attention this type of stuff gets in Bugzilla.

 

Having said that, it is pretty strange for vCenter to have LDAP

requirements and lack of instructions/testing with hardly any

third-party LDAP solutions.  That kinda defeats the purpose of

supporting an open standard.

 

In any case, at least there is a solid answer.  This would be one

worth just putting in the FAQ or on pages referencing vCenter that is

basically unsupported and will not be worked.

 

-- Chris