Lab00 Routing and Windows - Zacham17/my-tech-journal GitHub Wiki

Brief Summary

  • In this lab I built a small LAN network with virtual machines that utilizes a domain controller with ADDS to manage other devices on the network.

Notes

Configuration of PfSense Firewall

  • PfSense is a firewall that provides routing services between a Local Area Network and Wide Area Network
  • PfSense has the following options:
  • Use the "Assign Interfaces" option to name network interfaces
  • I configured a LAN interface and a WAN interface
  • Use the "Set Interface(s) IP Address" option to set IP addresses of network interfaces
  • You can also use the "Shell" option to execute commands.
  • I then configured the wks01 virtual machine to connect to the PfSense Firewall using the ICMPv4 properties of the network interface
  • You can finish firewall setup via the web interface for the firewall. Here I set the Admin password and set the hostname of the firewall

Configuring Windows Server using sconfig

  • In a command shell enviroment, enter the command sconfig to enter Configuration
  • Here you can configure various options. I changed the computer name, and network adapter configuration.

Installing ADDS on Windows Server Core

  • Begin by entering powershell which can be done by typing powershell
  • Install ADDS using the command Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
  • Use the following command to install the Forest : Install-ADDSForest -DomainName [DOMAINNAME]
  • You will then be asked to enter a password for the Administrator

Joining a workstation to the Domain

  • In System Settings which can be navigated to through Control Panel, click "Change Settings" under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings. Here you can join a domain
  • You will be required to enter domain administrative credentials and restart your computer. Also make sure your computer name is correct before doing this

Adding Remote Server Administration Tools

  • In this lab, I used RSAT on a GUI Windows Server VM to remotely access the Server Core Domain Controller
  • To add RSAT to a server, navigate to Add Roles and Features, and you can add Remote Server Administration Tools in the Add Features tab.
  • I also added Role Administration Tools, AD DS and AD LDS Tools, DHCP Server tools, DNS Server Tools, and File Service Tools
  • After this is done, you can add the remote server through the GUI and manage it remotely

Adding users in Active Directory

  • To add users in active directory, navigate to Active Directory Users and Computers
  • Right click the users OU and select New > User
  • You can set user credentials and some password settings here
  • You can also add/remove users to groups using the "member of" tab in user properties, or you can go into group properties and add users from there.

Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones in DNS

  • In the DNS manager, you can create a Reverse Lookup Zone and set the network address in which you want he zone to work.
  • To create an A record for a host, in the forward lookup zone, which is there by default, right click the OU and select the option to create a new Host A Record.
  • Fill in the hostname and IP address for the computer that the A record is being added for
  • There is an option to create/update an associated PTR record. Doing so will add a PTR record to the reverse lookup zone.