Server to be joined to the Domain Post Provisioning.

[BhargaviAllada]

Versions:

• Version of knife-vsphere: 2.0.1
• Version of chef: 13.6.4

Platform Details

• Version of vSphere: Version 6.5.0.10000 Build 7119157
• Version of ESXi: 6.5.0

Scenario:

We have a requirement to join the VM to the Domain Post Provisioning. Kindly do let us know how can we achieve this through the commands.

Regards,
Bhargavi.

[swalberg]

Hi Bhargavi, the way we do it is to set that part up in VCenter as a customization then pass --cspec customization_name on the command line.

There's a spot where you can enter a domain and then admin credentials, which keeps them on the vcenter server so you don't have to share them to anyone that needs to make a VM.

[BhargaviAllada]

Hi Sean, So, what if in case we have multiple domains. As the values are fixed in the customization specifications, Do we need to create separate customization templates for each domain? Thanks & Regards. Bhargavi.A. [cid:[email protected]] Vnet: 572301 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sean Walberg <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 7:09 PM To: chef-partners/knife-vsphere <[email protected]> Cc: Allada, Bhargavi (Cognizant) <[email protected]>; Author <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [chef-partners/knife-vsphere] Server to be joined to the Domain Post Provisioning. (#446) Hi Bhargavi, the way we do it is to set that part up in VCenter as a customization then pass --cspec customization_name on the command line. There's a spot where you can enter a domain and then admin credentials, which keeps them on the vcenter server so you don't have to share them to anyone that needs to make a VM. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#446 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AlGwdsjZeQp1yE7ABAXJ61Qt0pWrvn67ks5uSrwPgaJpZM4WD65m>.

[swalberg]

Yes, that's right.

https://github.com/chef-partners/knife-vsphere/wiki/Sample-plugin-to-do-unattended-Windows-installations has a sample plugin that has the bones of doing it on the command line if the cspec method doesn't work. We have a small handful of domains and it's not a huge deal to maintain separate cspecs. Just have to remember to update them when the credentials change!

[BhargaviAllada]

Hi Sean, Is there any way to pass the values in the recipes Dynamically by chance? For example, I amtrying to invoke the powershell script through chef using “Powershell_Script” resource and it is working well and good. So if I need to pass any value in my script dynamically/runtime, How can we achieve that? Please help me out with the solution if any. Regards, Bhargavi A Sr. Infra Developer – Cognizant Infrastructure Services [cid:[email protected]] From: Sean Walberg <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:16 PM To: chef-partners/knife-vsphere <[email protected]> Cc: Allada, Bhargavi (Cognizant) <[email protected]>; Author <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [chef-partners/knife-vsphere] Server to be joined to the Domain Post Provisioning. (#446) Yes, that's right. https://github.com/chef-partners/knife-vsphere/wiki/Sample-plugin-to-do-unattended-Windows-installations has a sample plugin that has the bones of doing it on the command line if the cspec method doesn't work. We have a small handful of domains and it's not a huge deal to maintain separate cspecs. Just have to remember to update them when the credentials change! — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#446 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AlGwdm5O4SF8sJh2L2K4DEex81k2V_jLks5uSsuigaJpZM4WD65m>.