VIO ldap configuration fails with "filterstr=(&(&<no value>(userPrincipalName=" in keystone-api log

Products

• VMware
• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Using VMware Integrated Openstack 6.x
• Openstack Deployment is stuck in state RECONFIGURING
• keystone-api/0.log similar to this:
  ...filterstr=(&(&<no value>(userPrincipalName=[e-mail]))(objectClass=user)(cn=*)) attrs=['cn', 'userPassword', 'userAccountControl', 'userPrincipalName', 'mail', 'description'] attrsonly=0 search_s /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/keystone/identity/backends/ldap/common.py:949\x1b

Environment

VMware Integrated OpenStack 6.x

Cause

While configuring LDAP identity source in VIO6 the user or group filter field was left empty.

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting VMware Integrated Openstack 6.0.

Workaround:

1. Edit keystone CR by running the command:

#viocli update keystone

Change 
user_filter: null
To
user_filter: ''

Additional Information

Configure LDAP Authentication