You can use the security login create command to enable Active Directory (AD) user or group accounts to access an admin or data SVM. Any user in the AD group can access the SVM with the role that is assigned to the group.

What you’ll need

The cluster time must be synchronized to within five minutes of the time on the AD domain controller.
You must be a cluster administrator to perform this task.

About this task

You must configure AD domain controller access to the cluster or SVM before the account can access the SVM.

Configuring Active Directory domain controller access

You can perform this task before or after you enable account access.
Beginning with ONTAP 9.13.1, you can use an SSH public key as either your primary or secondary authentication method with an AD user password.
Beginning with ONTAP 9.11.1, you can use LDAP fast bind for nsswitch authentication if it is supported by the AD LDAP server.
If you are unsure of the access control role that you want to assign to the login account, you can use the security login modify command to add the role later.

Modifying the role assigned to an administrator

AD group account access is supported only with the SSH and ontapi applications. AD groups are not supported with SSH public key authentication which is commonly used for multifactor authentication.

Step

Enable AD user or group administrator accounts to access an SVM:

For AD users:

ONTAP Version	Primary authentication	Secondary authentication	Command
9.13.1 and later	Public key	None	security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method publickey -role <role>
9.13.1 and later	Domain	Public key	For a new user security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method domain -second-authentication-method publickey -role <role> For an existing user security login modify -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method domain -second-authentication-method publickey -role <role>
9.0 and later	Domain	None	security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application <application> -authentication-method domain -role <role> -comment <comment> [-is-ldap-fastbind true]

ONTAP Version

Primary authentication

Secondary authentication

Command

9.13.1 and later

Public key

None

security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method publickey -role <role>

9.13.1 and later

Domain

Public key

For a new user

security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method domain -second-authentication-method publickey -role <role>

For an existing user

security login modify -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application ssh -authentication-method domain -second-authentication-method publickey -role <role>

9.0 and later

Domain

None

security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application <application> -authentication-method domain -role <role> -comment <comment> [-is-ldap-fastbind true]

For AD groups:

ONTAP version	Primary authentication	Secondary authentication	Command
9.0 and later	Domain	None	security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application <application> -authentication-method domain -role <role> -comment <comment> [-is-ldap-fastbind true]

ONTAP version

Primary authentication

Secondary authentication

Command

9.0 and later

Domain

None

security login create -vserver <svm_name> -user-or-group-name <user_name> -application <application> -authentication-method domain -role <role> -comment <comment> [-is-ldap-fastbind true]

For complete command syntax, see worksheets for administrator authentication and RBAC configuration

After you finish

If you have not configured AD domain controller access to the cluster or SVM, you must do so before the account can access the SVM.

Configuring Active Directory domain controller access