About managing authentication brokers and authentication domains in the Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager domain

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
An authentication broker is an intermediate registration and certification authority that can authenticate clients including users or services.
In Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager there is a primary authentication broker which is associated with one or more authentication domains that authenticate users. The primary authentication broker is installed on Management Server. The authentication broker is configured automatically during the Management Server configuration. You cannot add more than one authentication broker.
You can also manage the authentication domains that are associated with authentication brokers in Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager.
Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager supports the authentication mechanism that is configured in the operating system, including Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM), Network Information Service (NIS), or NIS+. In addition to the native operating system authentication, Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Active Directory (AD).
Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager authentication has no ability to interact with RSA or other secondary authentication interfaces like proxy, VPN, Kerberos, (where the subscriber must request and receive an encrypted security token that can be used to access a particular service), Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS), Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+), DS3, smartcard, or other multifactor authentication methods.
You can view the following authentication domain types on the Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager log in page:
  • Unixpwd
  • Network (NT) Domain
  • LDAP
  • AD
To assign permissions to user groups within perspectives, you need to configure LDAP or AD domain.
If you unconfigure the LDAP or AD domain, the permissions that are assigned to user groups on the perspectives are deleted.
To manage the authentication domains, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the Management Server perspective.
More Information
Adding Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory-based authentication on Management Server
Unconfiguring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory configuration from the authentication broker
Assigning permissions to user groups for a perspective
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