I can't seem to find any documentation on what a "realm" is, or specifying Microsoft AD in the GUI.

[Payden K Pringle]

What I'm doing seems like it'd be pretty simple.

Datacenter > Permissions > Authentication > Add

I'm trying to configure it to check users against a Domain Controller in an Active Directory. On the GUI, there's a "realm" field. In the documentation, I see this:

As Proxmox VE users are just counterparts for users existing on some external realm, the realms have to be configured in /etc/pve/domains.cfg. The following realms (authentication methods) are available:

Linux PAM standard authentication
Proxmox VE authentication server
LDAP
Microsoft Active Directory

/etc/pve/domains.cfg doesn't exist (presumably because I haven't configured anything for them yet), and the documentation doesn't say what to put in the "realms" field in the GUI for each of those authentication methods.

Am I missing something?

 

[dcsapak]

does this help?
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/User_Management#pveum_authentication_realms

 

[Payden K Pringle]

does this help?
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/User_Management#pveum_authentication_realms

That's where I quoted the information from.

What I need is how I define any of those realms within the GUI.

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What do I put in "Realm" to specify "Microsoft Active Directory"?

As far as I know, Realms is the way to authenticate. I had assumed selecting Active Directory would do this automatically, but there's a Realm field to fill out and it is required while

/etc/pve/domains.cfg

doesn't exist.

 

[dcsapak]

What do I put in "Realm" to specify "Microsoft Active Directory"?

that is the name of the realm (as in, what appears on the login page to choose from)

doesn't exist.

this is normal when you did not yet specify any realm

 

[Payden K Pringle]

that is the name of the realm (as in, what appears on the login page to choose from)

Now that makes sense.

this is normal when you did not yet specify any realm

Perfect then.

Thanks, my issue has bee resolved.