ADDS and DNS - samuel-richardson/Sam-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

AD

  • Configure vm to run on lan.
  • Sart server manager.
  • Connect to network with FW as a default gateway and change hostname.
  • Restart, check hostname and network connectivity.

Install ADDS Role

  • In server manager, hit manage > add roles and features.
  • Add Active Directory Domain Service
  • Promote server to a domain controller. Make sure the name change is applied.
  • Root domain name is samuel.local
  • Restart

DNS

  • After reboot DNS should be installed.
  • Go to DNS manager.
  • Right-click Forward lookup zone and add a New host.
  • Will get a DNS error
  • Now, in reverse Lookup Zones, add a New Zone
  • Identify the reverse lookup zone by entering the network id
  • Now uncheck PTR, Apply, then recheck PTR apply to do a reverse lookup
  • This should make the reverse lookup zone 5.0.10.

Create users

  • From server manager got to AD DS and Go to Active Directory Users and Computers
  • In the user folder, add 2 new users. One with ADM and one without.
  • Add the admin account to the Domain Admins group.

WKS 01

  • set DNS to ad's IP address
  • Log in to wks01 and go to where the name would be changed and change the group to the AD domain.
  • Restart
  • Should be able to log into wks01 with adm and unprivileged accounts.

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