An error of "Save failed. Request validation failure" occurs when attempting to configure LDAP authentication in Aria Automation Config

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

After inputting the required fields for configuring and LDAP authentication source, it will not save the configuration

Environment

Aria Automation Config version 8.17+

Cause

There are some Base DN values that need to match what is provided by LDAP, specifically, the objectClass value for "Auth Bind DN Filter" and "User search DN filter"

Resolution

Use the 'Get-ADUser' and 'Get-ADGroup' powershell commands to get the appropriate values for the following fields in the LDAP authentication source configuration: 

"Auth Bind DN Filter"  "(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName={username}))"

"Group search DN filter" "(objectClass=group)"

"User search DN filter" "(objectClass=user)"

"Person Class" "user"