Problem with LabConfig Domain Name

[Mrkuff]

If I'm adding DomainNetbiosName="Test"; DomainName="Test.Local"; to the LabConfig , then the "Waiting for Active Directory on $($DC.name) to be Started" never stop… Exemple from Certificate Authority:

$LabConfig=@{ DomainAdminName='LabAdmin'; AdminPassword='LS1setup!'; Prefix = 'WSLab2022-'; SwitchName = 'LabSwitch'; DCEdition='4' ; DomainNetbiosName="Test"; DomainName="Test.Local"; Internet=$true ;AdditionalNetworksConfig=@(); VMs=@()}

$LabConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = 'CA' ; Configuration = 'Simple' ; ParentVHD = 'Win2022Core_G2.vhdx' ; MemoryStartupBytes= 1GB ; MemoryMinimumBytes=1GB ; vTPM=$True }

$LabConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = 'Server1' ; Configuration = 'Simple'; ParentVHD = 'Win2022Core_G2.vhdx' ; MemoryStartupBytes= 512MB ; vTPM=$True } $LabConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = 'Server2' ; Configuration = 'Simple'; ParentVHD = 'Win2022Core_G2.vhdx' ; MemoryStartupBytes= 512MB ; vTPM=$True } $LabConfig.VMs += @{ VMName = 'Server3' ; Configuration = 'Simple'; ParentVHD = 'Win2022Core_G2.vhdx' ; MemoryStartupBytes= 512MB ; vTPM=$True }

Is there a check for the domain name? Is .Local permitted?

Thx

[Mrkuff]

If I'm removing these two tag (DomainNetbiosName="Test"; DomainName="Test.Local") it's working fine, but create a "Corp.contoso.com" domain

[Mrkuff]

I don't know whats wrong ..

$LabConfig=@{ DomainAdminName='LabAdmin'; AdminPassword='LS1setup!'; Prefix = 'WSLab2022-'; SwitchName = 'LabSwitch'; DCEdition='4' ; DomainNetbiosName="Test"; DomainName="Test.Local"; Internet=$true ;AdditionalNetworksConfig=@(); VMs=@()}

$DN=$null $LabConfig.DomainName.Split(".") | ForEach-Object { $DN+="DC=$_," } $LabConfig.DN=$DN.TrimEnd(",")

$DC=get-vm -Name ($labconfig.prefix+"DC")

#Credentials for Session
    $username = "$($Labconfig.DomainNetbiosName)\Administrator"
    $password = $LabConfig.AdminPassword
    $secstr = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.SecureString
    $password.ToCharArray() | ForEach-Object {$secstr.AppendChar($_)}
    $cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $secstr

$test=Invoke-Command -VMGuid $DC.id -Credential $cred -ArgumentList $Labconfig -ErrorAction Ignore -ScriptBlock {
            param($labconfig);
            Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "$($LabConfig.DN)" -ErrorAction Ignore
            }

[Mrkuff]

When i'm removing the -ErrorAction Ignore from Invoke-Command, I'm getting a "The credential is invalid"

So... we got a wrong password init ?

[jaromirk]

You can create your domain (specify your own domain) only during 2_createparentdisks.ps1 phase. During deploy.ps1 is domain already created and DC is only imported (to speed up process...

[Mrkuff]

oh.. What the tag "DomainNetbiosName="Test"; DomainName="Test.Local" do in deploy.ps1 then? Edit : because LabConfig is used for 2_creareparentdisk and deploy.ps1

[jaromirk]

If it's different from what was specified in 2_createparentdisks.ps1, it will break things because domain is used to specify credentials that tests if DC is up and running before additional VMs are created... So that's the reason its broken for you 😉.