How to add an ESXi Host to an Active Directory Domain
This is a basic tutorial explaining how to add an ESXi Host to a directory service, like Microsoft’s Active Directory, to simplify the administration and security of the ESXi hosts.
As prerequisites, you need:
- The ESXi host DNS server must resolve AD Domain controller and Domain Name
- The ESXi host name must be fully qualified with the domain name of the Active Directory forest, for example, esxtest1.contoso.local
- The time between the AD server and the ESXi Host should be syncronized
Before specifying the Active Directory credentials you need to add the ESXi host to the domain controller.
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