Milestone 2 - AD and vCenter
Steps
Enable SSH
SSH into ESXI from mgmt1 and go into vmfs/volumes
The navigate into datastore2-super6/ISO
Now wget SERVER 19 I already had vCenter ISO in my data store so I didn’t need to get that
Make Server 19 vm
Installing Server 19
Custom install then select
One you reach this screen press control+shift+f3 to enter audit mode
Open powershell and type sconfig
Press 5 to set update pattern for windows and set them to manual once done. Then press 9 and set to eastern. After that press 6 and download updates. Now restart the machine and install vmware tools
Then do typical install
Next grab the sysprep script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gmcyber/480share/master/ssh-prep.ps1 -OutFile windows-prep.ps1
Take Base snapshot
Name the snapshot base
Installing ADDS: Change the network adapter to 350-Internal
Set Admin passwd
Configure network
Rename Computer (Do this before forest install)
Reboot
Get-WindowsFeature - Will show all windows features are installed and can be installed
Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
To view see available module commands you can run
Get-Command -Module ADDSDeployment
Install Forest:
The machine will reboot after this
Showing domain is working
New Domain Admin User:
$pw = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter a Password for this user' -AsSecureString
New-ADUser -Name paul-adm -AccountPassword $pw -Passwordneverexpires $true -Enabled $true
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "Domain Admins" -Members paul-adm
Install DNS:
Get-WindowsFeature | where {($_.name -like “DNS”)}
Install-WindowsFeature DNS -IncludeManagementTools
Reverse DNS Zone Creation:
Add-DnsServerPrimaryZone -NetworkId “10.0.17.0/24” -ReplicationScope “Domain”
Create A type with PTR:
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordPtr -Name "FW01-paul" -ZoneName "paul.local" -AllowUpdateAny -IPv4Address “10.0.17.2” -TimeToLive 01:00:00 -CreatePtr
Install vCenter:
Add iso to mgmt box
Cd into media and go to the VMware VCSA directory then make your way to the installer
Stage 1:
Click yes on ssl warning
Leave all default but select “Enable Thin Disk Mode”
Add how to add datacenter
Add how to add host
Add ESXi IP
Finish rest of steps
SSO Setup
Join Domain:
After this reboot vcenter it will die for about 20 minutes…
Set Domain as default
Now add domain admins to the administrators group
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