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Active Directory and DNS Setup

This document provides instructions for setting up Active Directory and DNS services on a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine. The key steps include promoting the server to a domain controller, configuring DNS zones and records, and testing the DNS and domain services. Configuration of Active Directory involves tasks like specifying the root domain name and netBIOS name. DNS setup involves creating forward and reverse lookup zones to map hostnames, IP addresses and vice versa. Testing verifies the name resolution services are functioning properly.

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Active Directory and DNS Setup

This document provides instructions for setting up Active Directory and DNS services on a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine. The key steps include promoting the server to a domain controller, configuring DNS zones and records, and testing the DNS and domain services. Configuration of Active Directory involves tasks like specifying the root domain name and netBIOS name. DNS setup involves creating forward and reverse lookup zones to map hostnames, IP addresses and vice versa. Testing verifies the name resolution services are functioning properly.

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Active Directory and DNS Setup

Theory
The Systems Administrator should be able to install, configure and troubleshoot services running on
the server such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, etc. In this lab we are going to focus on Active
Directory and DNS Server.

Objective
This lab will help you Install, configure and troubleshoot Active Directory and DNS Server related
issues.

Tools/Equipment

Virtual Software (Oracle VirtualBox)


Virtual Hard disk (Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and CentOS)
Network connectivity

Lab Exercise

i. Copy/extract the virtual hard disks listed above from the isNotes (Use your student
credentials) or \\10.100.255.11 (Username=sad622s, Password=sad) to a folder on
your local machine.
ii. Start your Oracle VirtualBox and import the .ova images you copied in step i. above
iii. Start your server 2012 and login as the user Administrator using the password
Pa$$w0rd
iv. Assign IP version 4 address(es) to your virtual machine. The syntax for IPs is shown
below:

IP Address: 10.100.55.x where x is any number between 181 and 250


Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: 10.100.55.1
Name server(s): 10.100.55.x
(For labs 6, 7 & 8 you can use addresses given above. All other FCI and INCEIT labs you can use 10.100.54.x)
v. Change the hostname of your computer to your first 4 characters of your surname and
the primary DNS suffix to example.com
vi. After changing the hostname, the machine will prompt you to reboot it. Restart your
machine and continue with the next step.
vii. From the server manager dashboard click on add roles and features.
viii. Click next and select “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click next.
ix. Leave the defaults options and select your server from server pool and click next.
x. Select Active Directory Domain Services and click add features  click next.
xi. On features window click next  next  install.
xii. After the installation is complete, click on close.
xiii. On the top right corner click on yellow triangle and click promote this server to a
domain controller.
xiv. Select add a new forest and type example.com for the Root domain name and click
next.
xv. Type a restore mode password. You can use Passw0rd as the password for lab setup.
Click next. Click next again.
xvi. The netbios name will be displayed. If your netbios name and the computer name are
the same you need to change your netbios so that it will be different. Click next.
xvii. Click next, click next and click install.
xviii. After the installation is complete the server will restart automatically.
xix. After rebooting when you sign in the server will prompt you to change the old password
because it expired. User Passw0rd as your new password for lab environment.
xx. When you sign in remember to change the primary DNS server to your correct IP address
not the loopback. This step is done only once you promote your server to be a domain
controller for the first time.
xxi. From the top right corner of your server manager dashboard click on tools and select
DNS.
xxii. The forward lookup zone was created during the installation process of Active
directory. Right click on reverse lookup zone and click new zone, click next, click next,
click next, click next and type the first three octets of your IP address e.g. 10.100.55
xxiii. Click next  next  finish.
xxiv. Check in the reverse lookup zone  xx.xx.xx.in-addr.arpa. You need to add a reverse
pointer record. Your lecturer will show you the steps required.
xxv. Restart your DNS server process
xxvi. And launch nslookup
xxvii. Test your DNS server by using some of the tools we discussed in class.

Testing the client

- Start your Windows 8.1/10 client


- Assign appropriate TCP/IP settings (use IP version 4 only)
- Join the client to a domain

Evaluation

1. What do you understand by a netbios name when configuring Active Directory?


2. What do you understand by DNS forwarder?
3. State the purpose of Reverse and Forward lookup zones.
4. When setting up a DNS server you have an option to define the MX, NS, CNAME, PTR, SOA
and A or AAAA records. Write short description of each entry.
5. Give one example of a top level domain.
6. How many root hints servers are available worldwide?
7. Distinguish between DNS recursive lookup and iterative lookup.

Linux (Challenge)

Install, configure and test DNS server [Hint: install the packages bind, bind-chroot,
cachingnameserver]

>>>>> End of Lab Exercise <<<<<

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