Adaxes connects to any domain controller

Question

Hello,

is it possible to know which controller domain is connected to adxes ?
and may be forced Adaxes has to connect to a domain controller in particular ?

Thx.

Answer 1

Update 2015

Starting with Adaxes 2015, it is possible to configure Adaxes to connect to specific domain controllers. For details, have a look at the following help article: https://www.adaxes.com/help/UseSpecificDCs.

Original

Hello,

is it possible to know which controller domain is connected to adxes ?

Yes, it's possible. You can, for example, create a Custom Command executed on a domain object that outputs the FQDN of the Domain Controller that Adaxes uses for the domain in the Execution Log of the operation.

To create such a Custom Command:

1. Create a new Custom Command.

2. On the 2nd step of the Create Custom Command wizard, select the Show all object types option.

3. Select the Domain-DNS object type.
   

4. On the 3rd step, add the Run a program or PowerShell script action and paste the following script in the Script field.
   

    $domainName = $Context.GetObjectDomain("%distinguishedName%")
    $rootDSE = $Context.BindToObject("Adaxes://$domainName/rootDSE")
    $domainControllerFQDN = $rootDSE.Get("dnsHostName")
    $Context.LogMessage($domainControllerFQDN, "Information")
   

5. Enter a short description for the script and click OK.

6. Finish creation of the Custom Command.

and may be forced Adaxes has to connect to a domain controller in particular ?

Right now that's not possible, but starting from a minor update to Adaxes 2014.1 that will be available in a couple of weeks, it will be possible to force Adaxes to connect to specific Domain Controller(s).

Comments

I am guessing that in the case where the domain controller that Adaxes is forced to go against is down or otherwise unavailable, it will choose a random?

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Hello,

No, it's going to work a bit differently. For each domain registered in Adaxes, you will be able to specify a list of DCs that Adaxes must use in the order of preference. That is, "connect to DC1. If DC1 is not available, use DC3. If that is unavailable, try DC5..." and so on. If all the DCs specified in the configuration are not available, Adaxes will not try to connect to other DCs that are not in the list, and the domain will be marked as not operational in Adaxes.