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nivleshc / CreateNewADForest.ps1

Last active September 8, 2016 07:26

DSC to create a new Active Directory Forest

	Configuration CreateNewADForest {
	param
	#v1.4
	(
	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
	[String]$DomainName,

	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
	[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$AdminCreds,

nivleshc / CreateNewADForest-Parameters Explanation.ps1

Created September 8, 2016 07:22

Description of the parameters for CreateNewADForest DSC Configuration Function

	$DomainName - FQDN for the Active Directory Domain to create
	$AdminCreds - a PSCredentials object that contains username and password
	that will be assigned to the Domain Administrator account
	$SafeModeAdminCreds - a PSCredentials object that contains the password that will
	be assigned to the Safe Mode Administrator account
	$myFirstUserCreds - a PSCredentials object that contains the username and
	password for the first domain user account to create
	$RetryCount - defines how many retries should be performed while waiting
	for the domain to be provisioned
	$RetryIntervalSec - defines the seconds between each retry to check if the

nivleshc / Extensions_CreateNewADForest.json

Last active September 8, 2016 07:32

Azure Resource Manager Template to create a new Active Directory Forest

	"resources": [
	{
	"type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
	"name": "[concat(parameters('DC01Name'),'/CreateNewADForest')]",
	"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
	"apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
	"dependsOn": [
	"[concat('Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/', parameters('DC01Name'))]"
	],
	"tags": {

nivleshc / ScriptPart_CreateNewADForest_DomainCreds.ps1

Created September 8, 2016 07:37

This is a part of the CreateNewADForest DSC Configuration function. It defines a new PSCredential object in the domain\user format

[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$DomainCreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("${DomainName}\$($Admincreds.UserName)", $Admincreds.Password

nivleshc / ScriptPart_CreateNewADForest_xADDomain_FirstDC.ps1

Created September 8, 2016 07:41

Part of the CreateNewADForest DSC configuration script that adds the first domain controller

	xADDomain FirstDC
	{
	DomainName = $DomainName
	DomainAdministratorCredential = $DomainCreds
	SafemodeAdministratorPassword = $SafeModeAdminCreds
	DatabasePath = "C:\NTDS"
	LogPath = "C:\NTDS"
	SysvolPath = "C:\SYSVOL"
	DependsOn = "[WindowsFeature]ADDSInstall","[xDnsServerAddress]DnsServerAddress"
	}

nivleshc / TemplatePart_CreateNewADForest_Excerpt1.json

Last active September 26, 2016 11:19

Excerpt of CreateNewADForest.json showing the parameter declarations used in the CreateNewADForest extension

	"repoLocation": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nivleshc/arm/master/",
	"CreateNewADForestPackageURL": "[concat(variables('repoLocation'), 'CreateNewADForest.zip')]",
	"CreateNewADForestConfigurationFunction": "CreateNewADForest.ps1\\CreateNewADForest",

nivleshc / CreateADReplicaDC_Param.ps1

Created September 19, 2016 09:52

Parameters for CreateADReplicaDC DSC Configuration Script

	Configuration CreateADReplicaDC
	{
	param
	(
	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
	[String]$DomainName,

	[Parameter(Mandatory)]
	[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$Admincreds,

nivleshc / CreateADReplicaDC_Import.ps1

Created September 19, 2016 10:00

Importing the downloaded modules

Import-DscResource -ModuleName xActiveDirectory, xPendingReboot

nivleshc / CreateADReplicaDC_LocalConfigurationManager.ps1

Created September 19, 2016 10:11

LocalConfigurationManager settings for CreateADReplicaDC

	LocalConfigurationManager
	{
	ActionAfterReboot = 'ContinueConfiguration'
	ConfigurationMode = 'ApplyOnly'
	RebootNodeIfNeeded = $true
	}

nivleshc / CreateADReplicaDC_RSAT.ps1

Created September 19, 2016 10:13

Installing Remote Server Administration Tools

	WindowsFeature RSAT
	{
	Ensure = "Present"
	Name = "RSAT"
	}