There are two ways to connect to an OpenStack cloud or a cloud that is based on
OpenStack, such as IBM® Cloud Orchestrator. Which
method you choose depends on whether you want to use user accounts from an LDAP server or from an
OpenStack Keystone server.
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The following diagrams show summaries of these two methods of connecting to
OpenStack-based clouds.
In the first diagram, the blueprint design server retrieves account
information from an LDAP server and authentication information from the Keystone identity
service.
In the second diagram, the blueprint design server retrieves both account and authentication
information from the Keystone identity service.