In functional terms, 'to authorize' is to define an access policy. If you are using EAP-TLS for checking client certificates, you don’t need to join the ClearPass server to the domain.Īuthorization is the function of specifying access rights to resources related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular. Joining the Active Directory domain is necessary in order for ClearPass Policy Manager to gain access to the user credential information stored in the Active Directory. If you are using EAP-PEAP-MS-CHAPv2, you must join ClearPass Policy Manager to the Active Directory domain. This allows ClearPass Policy Manager to communicate with Active Directory in order to accomplish authentication and authorization operations. This section describes how to add the Active Directory server as an authentication source in ClearPass.

This section includes the following information:Īdding Active Directory as an Authentication SourceĪfter you have joined ClearPass to the domain, add an authentication source to ClearPass in order to process authentication and authorization against this Active Directory. Open topic with navigation Adding Active Directory as an Authentication Source to ClearPass Adding Active Directory as an Authentication Source to ClearPass

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