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by Satheesh Kumar on December 9, 2014

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As a Linux Sysadmin, you might still find yourself managing few Windows Servers.

In those situations, instead of using the Windows GUI for administration, you might find it interesting to install and configure Windows Services from
command line.

In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to install AD (Active Directory) on Windows 2012 Core Servers using the following command line utilities.

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install-windowsfeature
import-module
install-addsforest

There are two high-level steps to install AD. First, install the AD itself. Second, promote the server as domain controller.

You can install AD from server manager GUI interface as we explained earlier. But, if you are Linux sysadmin, you might find it interesting to use the
command line utilities instead of GUI.

1. Get AD Service Name

To begin the AD installation from the command line, we need to know the exact name of the Active Directory Service that we should install.

First, execute the “get-windowsfeature” command from the Windows powershell.

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This will list all windows server features as shown below. As you see from this list, the AD service name is “AD-domain-services”.

2. Install AD Domain Service

To install Active Directory from the command line, use the “install-windowsfeature” command as shown below.
C:\> Install-windowsfeature AD-domain-services

This command will extract all required binary files and start the AD installation.

After completing the Active Directory installation, it will display the result in a table format as shown below.

3. Import ADDSDeployment Module

To increase the server performance all modules and commands are not loaded by default in the server. We have to import the modules as per our requirement.

To continue our AD installation and configuration, we need ADDSDeployment module. Import this module as shown below using import-module

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powershell command.
C:\> Import-Module ADDSDeployment

4. Commands to Promote Server as Domain Controller

Next, promote your server as Domain controller based on your requirement using any one of the following commands.

Command
Add-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccount
Install-ADDSDomain
Install-ADDSDomainController
Install-ADDSForest
Test-ADDSDomainControllerInstallation
Test-ADDSDomainControllerUninstallation
Test-ADDSDomainInstallation
Test-ADDSForestInstallation
Test-ADDSReadOnlyDomainControllerAccountCreation Verify prerequisites to install Read only domain controller
Uninstall-ADDSDomainController
Description
Install read only domain controller
Install first domain controller in a child or tree domain
Install additional domain controller in domain
Install first domain controller in new forest
Verify prerequisites to install additional domain controller in domain
Uninstall AD service from server
Verify prerequisites to install first domain controller in a child or tree domain
Install first domain controller in new forest
Uninstall the domain contoller from server

5. Install First Domain Controller in Forest

In this example, we are installing the first domain controller in forest.

To install the Active directory with default configuration, execute “Install-AddsForest” command:
C:\> Install-AddsForest

To install the Active directory with customized options, pass the appropropriate parameters as shown below. IN this example, we are setting several
configuration parameters for our AD including the DomainName.

C:\> Install-ADDSForest
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainMode "Win2012R2" `

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-DomainName "thegeekstuff.com" `
-DomainNetbiosName "THEGEEKSTUFF" `
-ForestMode "Win2012R2" `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Force:$true

6. Complete the AD Installation

Finally, this will prompt for SafeModeAdministratorPassword. This password is for the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM).

Set your DSRM password here, which will finish the AD installation and configuration on your Windows Server using the command line utilities.

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Ram December 10, 2014, 4:29 am

Q: Why user create in /home directory ?

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Arun December 12, 2014, 3:26 am

I am using Windows XP and I installed powershell . But the command get-windowsfeature didn’t get wored . Idon’t know why ?

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satheesh December 20, 2014, 6:00 am

Hi Ram,

In windows you can run the commands in all directory, So I ran commands in my home directory, but it will install in “C:\windows”.

Quetion

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Anthony Datu December 20, 2014, 3:48 pm

Hi Ramesh,

My question might be off topic, but do you happen to know if DBI-LDAP module works in Active Directory?

Thanks,
Anthony

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Matthias June 6, 2015, 6:15 am

Hello,
if i entered the command i will aksed after the DSRM Password. If i had entered the first and press enter i get an error message “no positionparameter
to accept SafeModeAdministratorPassword”.

What have i do wrong?

Thanks for your help

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