In September we introduced Authd, a new authentication daemon for Ubuntu that allows direct integration with cloud-based identity providers for both Ubuntu Desktop and Server. At launch, Authd supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), making it a useful tool to centralize authentication for both the application and the infrastructure layer.
In large enterprises system administrators often need to deploy and manage applications and their configuration at scale. In this blog we will explore how Cloud-init and Landscape can be used to automate the installation and configuration steps on both private and public clouds.
The content of this blog was also discussed in the following video where you can find a detailed run through of the aforementioned use cases:
Using Entra ID to authenticate into an Ubuntu Server
The high level installation and configuration process for Authd is outlined…
