Hi Suresh, can you check/confirm that the MFDS service is started?

Thank You Kim for the response!

could you let me know the steps to check  the MFDS is started ?

Answers:
How can I:start mfds: You need to be superuser (root) to start mfds, command will be something like:
export CCITCP2_PORT=4009
./mfds &

Check if mfds is running?
Command: grep mfds

Thank You Kim,

I started the MFDS and even then i did not see the directory service up in ESCWA dashboard.

See below the commands used to bring up the MFDS

stadiset_ford_com@gcp126057:/tmp2/es80/bin$ export CCITCP2_PORT=9004

stadiset_ford_com@gcp126057:/tmp2/es80/bin$ echo $CCITCP2_PORT

9004

stadiset_ford_com@gcp126057:/tmp2/es80/bin$ . /tmp2/es80/bin/cobsetenv

COBDIR set to /tmp2/es80

stadiset_ford_com@gcp126057:/tmp2/es80/bin$ ./mfds &

[1] 279102

stadiset_ford_com@gcp126057:/tmp2/es80/bin$

Hi, in the screenshot it shows "failed to bind to MLDAP", do you have any external security managers enabled/set?

our authentication is managed by MS active directory.  do we really need to set/enable the external security manager?

could we bypass it ?

when we click on the security --> and try to select any of the options , we get error as show in screen shot 

The failure to bind to your ldap suggests that there is an issue with the connection, can you confirm that the external security manager is enabled/working correctly? As a test you can try to disable the external security manager, then check if the same issue is still seen or not, this will help you determine if the issue is just with the security manager or not.