Deploying and Configuring The vCenter Server Appliance
KB ID 0001146 Problem The vCenter Appliance used to be a simple to deploy from OVA, but now you need to deploy it from another machine, (and it has to be a Windows machine). Solution Before you attempt to deploy the appliance, ‘pre-create’ its host records in your DNS. Download the vCenter Appliance .ISO file and mount it on your Windows machine, navigate to the vcsa-iu-installer directory, and run the installer.exe file....
Cisco ASA – AnyConnect Authentication via LDAP and Domain User Groups
KB ID 0001152 Problem When I first started doing Cisco remote VPNs, we had Server 2000/2003 and I used to use RADIUS with IAS. Then Microsoft brought out 2008/2012 and RADIUS via NAP. Because I fear and loath change I swapped to using Kerberos VPN Authentication for a while. I had to put in an ASA5512-X this weekend and the client wanted to allow AnyConnect to a particular Domain Security Group “VPN-Users”, so I thought I...
Windows Server 2008 R2 – Configure RADIUS for Cisco ASA 5500 Authentication
KB ID 0000688 Problem Last week I was configuring some 2008 R2 RADIUS authentication, for authenticating remote VPN clients to a Cisco ASA Firewall. I will say that Kerberos Authentication is a LOT easier to configure, so you might want to check that first. Solution Step 1 Configure the ASA for AAA RADIUS Authentication 1. Connect to your ASDM, > Configuration > Remote Access VPN. > AAA Local Users > AAA Server Groups. 2....