Quicker Windows Active Directory Controller

• Overview
• Steps
• References

Overview

Following on from Quick Active Directory Controller, wrapped the bare minimum steps into some Powershell to create a quicker, more automated Vagrant box Active Directory (AD) controller.

Cloning the respository and making any tweaks required for your specific Vagrant provider are assumed…

Steps

Provision Virtual Machine / Vagrant Box

1. Start the Windows 2022 Vagrant Box

    $ cd repos/wmcdonald404/vagrantfiles/jborean93/windows2022-addc/
    $ vagrant up    
   

2. Once the machine’s up, we can

   a. Run ad-hoc commands:

    $ vagrant winrm -c hostname
    WIN-ODH49KSMJL3
    $ vagrant winrm -c "(get-addomain).PDCEmulator"
    WIN-ODH49KSMJL3.WIN.ODH49KSMJL3
   

   b. Connect via its console:

    $ vagrant ssh
   

    vagrant@WIN-Q5TRJJGJS2J C:\Users\vagrant>pwsh
    PS C:\Users\vagrant> 
   

   Note: default password: vagrant

   c. RDP…

    $ eval $(vagrant winrm-config | awk '$1 ~ /^RDP/ { var=toupper($1); gsub(/\r/, "", $2); print var "=\"" $2 "\"" }')
    $ wlfreerdp /u:${RDPUSER} /p:${RDPPASSWORD} /v:${RDPHOSTNAME} /scale-desktop:300 /f
   

References