The enhancement with vSphere 6.x , Likewise utility called domainjoin-cli which allows you to join a system to an Active Directory Domain. Previously, if you wanted to automate the process of joining an ESXi host to an Active Directory Domain, you had to either manually configure it using the vSphere Web/Client .
Below are the steps need to perform .
- /etc/init.d/lwsmd start
- chkconfig lwsmd on
For Joining to your Active Directory Domain, you have to specify the following parameters:
- Join – Specifying the operation is a join versus a leave
- AD Domain Name – Active Directory Domain to join
- Username – Active Directory username to join to the domain
- Password – Active Directory password to join to the domain (optional as you will be prompted if it is not specified)
Here is an example of what the command looks like joining my Active Directory Domain in my lab:
/usr/lib/vmware/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli join vmarena.com administrator
Additional Information
You can verify that your ESXi is Joined to of Domain or not by using below steps .
- Go to Path /usr/lib/vmware/likewise/bin
- Run command ./domain-cli query
Below image shows the ESXi is not part of Domain , After Joining to active directory using steps mentioned in the First you may run this again to verify status .
