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            <h1>Setting up LDAP Authentication for ProxMox VE</h1>
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          <p><em>NOTE: ProxMox does not like spaces in user or group names</em></p>

<h2>Create VMAdmins Group</h2>

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	<li>Click the Start button &gt; Windows Administrative Tools &gt; Active Directory Users and Computers</li>
	<li>Expand the domain name</li>
	<li>Right click on the Users container &gt; New &gt; Group</li>
	<li>Name the group VMAdmins &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Double click the newly created VMAdmins group</li>
	<li>Select the Members tab &gt; Click the Add... button</li>
	<li>Add users who will be administrators for the ProxMox host</li>
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<h2>Configuring LDAP Authentication in ProxMox VE</h2>

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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox VE web UI</li>
	<li>Log in</li>
	<li>Select Datacenter in the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Select Permissions &gt; Authentication in the left sub navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click the Add dropdown &gt; LDAP Server</li>
	<li>Fill out the LDAP Server form as shown below
	<p>Realm: i12bretro.local<br />
	Base Domain Name: CN=Users,DC=i12bretro,DC=local<br />
	Server: 10.10.27.1<br />
	User Attribute Name: sAMAccountName</p>
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	<li>Click the Sync Options button at the top</li>
	<li>Fill out the Sync Options form as shown below
	<p>Bind User: CN=readonly_svc,CN=Users,DC=i12bretro,DC=local<br />
	Bind Password: Read0nly!!<br />
	E-Mail attribute: mail<br />
	User classes: person, user<br />
	Group classes: group<br />
	User Filter: (&amp;(memberOf=CN=VMAdmins,CN=Users,DC=i12bretro,DC=local))<br />
	Group Filter: (&amp;(distinguishedName=CN=VMAdmins,CN=Users,DC=i12bretro,DC=local))<br />
	Scope: Users and Groups<br />
	Enable new users: Yes<br />
	Full: Yes<br />
	Purge: Yes</p>
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	<li>Click the Add button</li>
	<li>Back on the Authentication page, select the new ldap authentication and click the Sync button</li>
	<li>Click the Preview button to test the sync without creating or modifying anything</li>
	<li>If the users and groups display as expected, close the preview and re-run the sync to create the users and groups</li>
	<li>Select Permissions in the left sub navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click Add &gt; Group Permission from the dropdown at the top of the page</li>
	<li>Set the path to /, select the VMAdmins group from the dropdown and select the desired Role &gt; Click Add</li>
	<li>Select the user dropdown in the top right of the screen &gt; Logout</li>
	<li>Log in with one of the LDAP users in the VMAdmins group, making sure to set the Realm to the domain realm created earlier</li>
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