Previously, you have logged in to the administration portal as the admin user on the internal domain, which was automatically set up during the installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. However, to authenticate new users, you need an external directory service. The term directory service refers to the collection of software, hardware, and processes that store information about an enterprise, subscribers, or both, and make that information available to users. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization supports Identity Management (IdM), Red Hat Directory Service (RHDS), and Active Directory.

This lab assumes that you already have an existing IdM directory service. However if you need further assistance to install and configure IdM, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Identity Management Guide. In this lab, you will attach an IdM domain to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager using the engine-manage-domains tool, and create users in the IdM directory. Alternatively, if you have an Active Directory setup, you can attach it to the manager and use it for this lab.

Perform the following procedure on the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager server.