domain_join
Version information
This version is compatible with:
- Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x, 2023.7.x, 2023.6.x, 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x, 2019.8.x, 2019.7.x, 2019.5.x, 2019.4.x, 2019.3.x, 2019.2.x, 2019.1.x, 2019.0.x, 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x
- Puppet >=5.0.0
Start using this module
Add this module to your Puppetfile:
mod 'rnelson0-domain_join', '1.1.1'
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Table of Contents
- Overview
- Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
- Setup - The basics of getting started with domain_join
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
- Creating a Least Privilege account
Overview
Provide the most minimal configuration required to allow a Linux node to join a Windows domain.
Module Description
This module is intended for the lazy Linux admin who wants their Linux nodes to join a Windows domain without needing to manage the components. Rather than managing SSSD, Samba, and Kerberos, just manage "the ability to join a domain"!
Unfortunately, if you want to manage those services separately, this module may not be perfect fit for you. You may skip the service and resolver configuration by setting one or both of manage_services
and manage_resolver
to false.
Setup
What domain_join affects
- DNS resolution through
/etc/resolv.conf
unlessmanage_resolver
is false. - SSSD, Samba, and Kerberos configs (
/etc/sssd/sssd.conf
,/etc/samba/smb.conf
,/etc/krb5.conf
) unlessmanage_services
is false. - A domain join shell script at
/usr/local/bin/domain_join
, that includes credentials used to join the domain.- It is highly recommended that you follow the Principle of Least Privilege and do not use a Domain Admin account or similar. See Creating a Least Privilege Account for more information.
Beginning with domain_join
# Without hiera
class { 'domain_join':
domain_fqdn => 'example.com',
domain_shortname => 'example',
ad_dns => ['10.0.0.1', '10.0.0.2'],
register_account => 'domainjoin',
register_password => 'Sup4rS3krEt',
additional_search_domains => ['web.example.com', 'b2b.example.com'],
}
# With Hiera
# Manifest:
include domain_join
# Hiera yaml:
---
domain_join::domain_fqdn: example.com
domain_join::domain_shortname: example
domain_join::ad_dns:
- 10.0.0.1
- 10.0.0.2
domain_join::register_account: domainjoin
domain_join::register_password: 'Sup4rS3krEt'
domain_join::additional_search_domains:
- web.example.com
- b2b.example.com
Usage
Follow the above reference for simple domain joins. You can control the service and resolver configuration with two booleans: class { 'domain_join': ... # other options manage_services => false, manage_resolver => false, }
---
domain_join::manage_services: false
domain_join::manage_resolver: false
Additional configuration options include:
createcomputer
: Name of the AD container to join the new node to, typically an OU or a built-in container object.
Limitations
This module may cause duplicate resource errors if used in the same catalog as any module that directly manages sssd, samba, or kerberos packages or configs unless manage_services
is false. See the compatibility tab or metadata.json for tested OS support.
Creating a Least Privilege account
It is highly recommended that the register_account
be an account that has the ability to join computers to domains and nothing else. The following is an overly simplistic method to create such a user. This is suitable for a lab but may need further review for use in production. Use at your own risk.
- Create an account, ex: domainjoin, in the appropriate hierarchy of your Active Directory. It is recommend that User cannot change password and Password never expires are selected.
- Delegate the ability to manage computer objects to the user with the Active Directory Users and Computers snap in (from JSI Tip 8144 with tweaks).
- Open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
- Right click the container under which you want the computers added (ex:
Computers
) and choose Delegate Control. - Click Next.
- Click Add and supply your user account(s), e.g domainjoin. Click Next when complete.
- Select Create custom task to delegate and click Next.
- Select Only the following objects in the folder and then Computer objects. Click Next.
- Under Permissions, check Create All Child Objects and Write All Properties. Click Next.
- Click Finish
You may also need to run the following command to increase the Machine Account Quota to a very large number. This represents the number of machines a user can join to the domain and defaults to 10 for the domain. This can only be set at the domain level.
Set-ADDomain example.com -Replace @{"ms-ds-MachineAccountQuota"="10000"}
Change log
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
v1.1.1 (2019-07-01)
v1.0.0 (2019-03-30)
UNCATEGORIZED PRS; GO LABEL THEM
- Release v1.0.0 #37 (rnelson0)
- Pdk160 #35 (rnelson0)
- Initial PDK conversion attempt #34 (rnelson0)
- Release 0.5.1 #32 (rnelson0)
v0.5.1 (2017-08-23)
Added
- Feature/rhel6-rhel7 compatibility #31 (chichimedina)
- Remove puppet 3 testing, add puppet 5 testing #30 (rnelson0)
v0.5.0 (2017-05-25)
v0.4.0 (2017-02-03)
Added
- With samba-common 4.4, the samba-common-tools dependency was removed and must be installed separately. #23 (rnelson0)
- Remove extra sshd restart #15 (rnelson0)
UNCATEGORIZED PRS; GO LABEL THEM
- Remove direct reference to semantic_puppet #22 (rnelson0)
- Require semantic_puppet on Puppet 4.9.x+ #21 (rnelson0)
- MSync Gemfile and Rakefile #19 (rnelson0)
- Update .travis.yml #16 (rnelson0)
- Update test configuration #13 (rnelson0)
- Test coveralls #12 (rnelson0)
- Gemfile: Remove guard-rake from development group. #11 (rnelson0)
- Update .travis.yml and Rakefile #10 (rnelson0)
v0.3.2 (2016-08-05)
Added
UNCATEGORIZED PRS; GO LABEL THEM
v0.3.1 (2016-03-29)
v0.3.0 (2016-03-29)
Added
v0.2.0 (2016-03-23)
UNCATEGORIZED PRS; GO LABEL THEM
v0.1.0 (2016-03-18)
* This Changelog was automatically generated by github_changelog_generator
Dependencies
- puppetlabs-stdlib (>= 4.0.0 < 7.0.0)
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