[Users] set domain credentials to be used during sysprep joining an AD domain.

[Jeff Clay]

Are you referring to SysPrepDefaultUser: "Default SysPrep user name" (Value
Type: String) and SysPrepDefaultPassword: "Default SysPrep user password"
(Value Type: Password) ?  I thought those values were used for creating the
initial user on the system.


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 04/07/2014 08:15 PM, Jeff Clay wrote:
>
>> Ok, I see those options now in the RunOnce menu.The problem is that I
>> won't be using RunOnce. I need the systems to do sysprep and join the
>> domain when the pool creates them as new. I'm hoping to automate this
>> process when new VM's are created so that I don't have to work on each
>> VM when I create it, that would take some time when creating 30 new vm's
>> in a pool.
>>
>
> this should work with pools as well. you just need to pre-add the domain
> (via enigne-manage-domains) and configure the user/password with
> credentials to add the computer to the domain (via engine-config)
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Michal Skrivanek
>> <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com <mailto:michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     On Apr 7, 2014, at 11:19 , Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>      > On 04/07/2014 08:47 AM, Roy Golan wrote:
>>      >> On 04/06/2014 08:57 PM, Jeff Clay wrote:
>>      >>> i'm having trouble finding how set the domain user credentials
>> used
>>      >>> when joing a computer to an AD domain using sysprep. i've found
>>     where
>>      >>> ovirt stores the windows product keys, and the settings in
>>      >>> engine-config, but i don't see anything about the domain user
>>      >>> credentials. Do I need to replace the domain user variables in
>>      >>> sysprep.w7 and statically set them to what I need?
>>      >
>>      > I'm pretty sure we are not supposed to be limiting the domains a
>>     VM can join to the domains a user can authenticate to?
>>
>>       the dropdown field is editable so one can enter any custom domain
>>     then it gets replaced in the system's sysprep template.
>>
>>     the same goes for user credentials - tehre's the Alternate
>>     Credentials checkbox...does it not work?
>>
>>     BTW note in 3.4 you would be able to use a custom sysprep file (with
>>     existing variables substitution)
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     michal
>>
>>      >
>>      >>>
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>>      >> * first configure you domain if not already done
>>      >>
>>      >>  $ engine-manage-domains add --domain=DOMAIN
>>     --provider=activeDirectory
>>      >> --user=USER  --add-permissions
>>      >>
>>      >> * make sure your vm Os Type is set to  Windows 7 (or whatever
>>     type your
>>      >> installing)  - Edit the Vm and see the drop-down at the first
>>     dialog screen
>>      >> * then click Run-once (right click a vm from VMs tab) and go to
>>     Initial
>>      >> Run tab in the dialog.
>>      >> * in the boot options make sure sysprep is set
>>      >>
>>      >> Thanks,
>>      >> Roy
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >>
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