[CentOS] Can I configure CentOS 8.1 1911 as an Active Directory Domain Controller like a Windows Server?

Wed Jan 22 21:44:48 UTC 2020
me at tdiehl.org <me at tdiehl.org>

On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your prompt reply.
>
> The guide which you have shared looks very detailed.
>
> I have also found another guide at samba.org but not very sure whether
> it is good.
>
> Title: Setting up Samba as an Active Directory Domain Controller
>
> Link: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller

On Centos 7 I use the above link which also should work on 8. If you want to
build rpms, there is also https://github.com/nkadel?tab=repositories

I am not aware of any pre-build rpms for a DC on Centos 8 but there are some for
Centos 7 but I have never used them.

Red Hat has stated they will not support a Samba DC on RHEL therefore it will
not be supported on Samba.

I would also suggest subscribing to the Samba users mailing list @ samba.org as 
the people there are very good at supporting Samba as a DC.

My one warning to you is unless you wish to inflict large amounts of pain
on yourself do not build Samba using MIT Kerberos. It is unmaintained and
unsupported by the Samba Team or anyone else that I am aware of.

Regards,

-- 
Tom			me at tdiehl.org