Set up Hololight Hub hypervisor and user directory

Objectives

  • Be able to take a step in successfully installing Hololight Hub.

Prerequisites

  • Computer, physical or virtualized, for hosting Hololight Hub.

  • Hololight Hub setup wizard.

  • Hololight Hub license file.

  • Your own fully-qualified domain name, along with a domain certificate and corresponding private key

Set up hypervisor and user directory

Choose the hypervisor you set up previously to work with Hololight Hub, then select Next.

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Depending on your selection, you will have a slightly different setup process

Option A. Set up with Amazon Web Services as the hypervisor

  1. If you chose Amazon Web Services, you will need to enter information relevant to your AWS setup. When you are finished then select Next.

    Field Description

    Access key

    Every AWS IAM user has an access key that is shown on creation. You need to enter the access key for a user with proper AWS permissions.

    Secret access key

    Every AWS IAM user has a secret access key that is shown on creation. You need to enter the secret access key for a user with proper AWS permissions.

    User files S3 bucket name

    Enter the name of the S3 bucket that will store files for the individual users on your Hololight Hub deployment.

    Application S3 bucket name

    Enter the name of the S3 bucket that will store the applications uploaded to your Hololight Hub deployment.

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  2. When using Amazon Web Services you will be given the option of whether you want to use Microsoft Entra ID and an email server.

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Configure to use Microsoft Entra ID

You need to enter your Microsoft Entra client ID and Microsoft Entra client secret. hololight hub hub setup hub hypervisor microsoft entra id

Configure to use SMTP email server

Enter the correct information to connect Hololight Hub to an SMTP email server.

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Option B. Set up with Proxmox as the hypervisor

  1. If you chose Proxmox as your hypervisor, you will need to enter information relevant to your Proxmox setup, then select Next.

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  2. Choose whether or not you want to use a previously set up email server, and what type of authentication method you want users to use when signing in.

    Selection Description

    Administrator-created accounts

    All accounts will be created by an administrator using Hololight Hub.

    LDAP import

    Allows you to connect to a directory service with LDAP to import user accounts.

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Import directory data with LDAP

If you choose to import users from a user directory using LDAP, you will need to enter the following:

Field Description

Search base

Sets where the LDAP import will search for users.

User DN pattern

Pattern used for the distinguished name (DN) for all the users in the directory[1]

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Configure to use SMTP email server

Enter the correct information to connect Hololight Hub to an SMTP email server.

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Option C. Set up with VMware as the hypervisor

  1. If you chose VMware as your hypervisor, you will need to enter information relevant to your VMware setup, then select Next.

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  2. Choose whether or not you want to use a previously set up email server, and what type of authentication method you want users to use when signing in.

    Selection Description

    Administrator-created accounts

    All accounts will be created by an administrator using Hololight Hub.

    LDAP import

    Allows you to connect to a directory service with LDAP to import user accounts.

    hololight hub hub setup hub hypervisor no aws authentication and email server

Import directory data with LDAP

If you choose to import users from a user directory using LDAP, you will need to enter the following:

Field Description

Search base

Sets where the LDAP import will search for users.

User DN pattern

Pattern used for the distinguished name (DN) for all the users in the directory[1]

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Configure to use SMTP email server

Enter the correct information to connect Hololight Hub to an SMTP email server.

hololight hub hub setup hub smtp server connection

After hypervisor and user directory setup

After setting up the hypervisor and user directory it is time to continue to setting up the last components of Hololight Hub.


1. Configure Authentication using an LDAP-compliant identity service, accessed July 13, 2026, https://docs.cloudera.com/cdp-private-cloud-base/7.1.8/security-kerberos-authentication/topics/cm-security-external-authentication-ldap.html.