topic Re: System Manager SAML with domain groups in ONTAP Discussions

System Manager SAML with domain groups

elic_co — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:08:28 GMT

Hey,

Is it possible/supported to use domain groups for SAML authentication?

user authentication works fine but there are many users involved so I prefer to configure it for domain groups.

thanks!

Re: System Manager SAML with domain groups

Ontapforrum — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:42:36 GMT

Hi,

Domain/Groups are not supported for a SAML-enabled cluster.

There is a KB article:

OnCommand System Manager authentication is not working with Active Directory Domain Groups
https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1087129

Only workaround: Use CLI to add a domain "user" to the cluster, but without "domain\" prefix. I guess you have already tested this and it works for you.

Example: To add user 'test1' for http & ontapi capability:
::*> security login create -vserver <cluster_vserver> -user-or-group-name test1 -application http -authentication-method saml
::*> security login create -vserver <cluster_vserver> -user-or-group-name test1 -application ontapi -authentication-method saml

Re: System Manager SAML with domain groups

elic_co — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:55:50 GMT

thanks for the answer.

this is what i've done. is there any plan to add domain groups support anywhere soon?