A quick guide to show you to how to join our vCenter to Active Directory
1- Login to our vCenter as usual with our administrator@vsphere.local account
2- Go to Administration section
3- Under configuration > Click join AD button to join our vCenter to domain
4- Provide the domain name – OU – Username and Password and Click Join AD
5- In a few moments, the vCenter will be joined to domain.
6- Reboot the vCenter node by node by navigating to System Configuration and Reboot Node
Join the vCSA to domain via the CLI
1- Log in as root through an SSH or console session on the vCenter Server Appliance. Run this command to enable the shell: shell.set --enabled true Run this command to launch the shell: shell 2- Execute the command domainjoincli to join vcSA to domain vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # ./domainjoin-cli join ash.local Administrator Pa$$w0rd Joining to AD Domain: lab.local With Computer DNS Name: vsan.lab.local SUCCESS 3- Output of domain join can be viewed by the CLI root@vSAN ~ # /opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli --loglevel verbose --logfile /tmp/domain.log join --advanced --ou "OU=Computers,DC=ASH,DC=local" ash.local "administrator@ash.local" 4- Execute the command to check the join state vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # ./domainjoin-cli query Name = vsan Domain = LAB.LOCAL Distinguished Name = CN=VSAN,CN=Computers,DC=lab,DC=local vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # 5- Execute the command to get a list of valid identity provides root@sfo-m01-vc03 [ ~ ]# /opt/vmware/bin/sso-config.sh -get_identity_sources SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings. SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.17.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/opt/vmware/lib64/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.17.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation. SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory] Total number of identitysources retrieved for tenant:vsphere.local : 2 (If the value is undefined against a param, then you might notice "UndefinedConfig" against it.) ********** IDENTITY SOURCE INFORMATION ********** IdentitySourceName : vsphere.local DomainType : SYSTEM_DOMAIN ********** IDENTITY SOURCE INFORMATION ********** IdentitySourceName : localos DomainType : LOCAL_OS_DOMAIN root@sfo-m01-vc03 [ ~ ]# 6- Reboot vCSA appliance vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # vsan:/opt/likewise/bin # reboot
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