Domain Controller

An Ansible role for setup Active Directory domain controllers.

Requirements

Supported version of Ansible: 2.12 and highter.
pywinrm is a python library for connection Ansible to Windows hosts via WinRM.
Supported platforms:
- Windows
  - 2016
  - 2019

Role Variables

domain_controller_dns_domain_name The DNS name of the domain which should exist and be reachable or reside on the target Windows host (default: '').
domain_controller_domain_netbios_name The NetBIOS name for the root domain in the new forest (default: '').
domain_controller_safe_mode_password Safe mode password for the domain controller (default: '').
domain_controller_domain_mode Specifies the domain functional level of the first domain in the creation of a new forest (default: WinThreshold).
domain_controller_forest_mode Specifies the forest functional level for the new forest (default: WinThreshold).
domain_controller_dns_delegation Whether to create a DNS delegation that references the new DNS server that you install along with the domain controller (default: false).
domain_controller_install_dns Whether to install the DNS service when creating the domain controller (default: true).
domain_controller_database_path The path to a directory on a fixed disk of the Windows host where the domain database will be created (default: C:\Windows\NTDS).
domain_controller_log_path Specifies the fully qualified, non-UNC path to a directory on a fixed disk of the local computer where the log file for this operation is written (default: C:\Windows\NTDS).
domain_controller_sysvol_path The path to a directory on a fixed disk of the Windows host where the Sysvol file will be created (default: C:\Windows\SYSVOL).

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

---

- name: Add Domain Controllers
  hosts: domain_controllers

  roles:
    - role: antmelekhin.domain_controller
      domain_controller_dns_domain_name: 'contoso.com'
      domain_controller_safe_mode_password: 'P@ssw0rd!'