dnscontrol/docs/_providers/activedir.md

name	layout	jsId
ActiveDirectory_PS	default	ACTIVEDIRECTORY_PS

ActiveDirectory_PS Provider

This provider updates an Microsoft ActiceDirectory server DNS server. It interacts with AD via PowerShell commands that are generated and executed on the local machine. This means that DNSControl must be run on a Windows host. This driver automatically deactivates itself when run on non-Windows systems.

Running on Non-Windows systems

For debugging and testing on non-Windows systems, the -fakeps flag can be used, which will activate the driver and simulate PowersShell as follows:

• Zone Input: Normally when DNSControl needs to know the contents of an existing DNS zone, it generates a PowerShell command to gather such information and saves a copy in a file called adzonedump.ZONE.json (where "ZONE" is replaced with the zone name). When -fakeps is enabled, the PowerShell command is not run, but the adzonedump.ZONE.json file is read. You can generate this file on a Windows system.
• Zone Changes: Normally when DNSControl needs to change DNS records, it executes PowerShell commands as required. When -fakeps is enabled, these commands are simply logged to a file dns_update_commands.ps1.

Configuration

The ActiveDirectory_PS provider reads an ADServer setting from creds.json to know the name of the ActiceDirectory DNS Server to update. creds.json:

{% highlight javascript %} { "activedir": { "ADServer": "ny-dc01" } } {% endhighlight %}

Here is a simple dns configuration. dnsconfig.js:

{% highlight javascript %} var REG_NONE = NewRegistrar('none', 'NONE') var DSP_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_DS = NewDnsProvider("activedir", "ACTIVEDIRECTORY_PS");

D('ds.stackexchange.com', REG_NONE, DnsProvider(DSP_ACTIVEDIRECTORY_DS), A("api","172.30.20.100") ) {% endhighlight %}

To generate a adzonedump.ZONE.json file, run dnscontrol push on a Windows system then copy the appropriate file to the system you'll use for -fakeps.

The adzonedump.ZONE.json files should be UTF-16LE encoded. If you hand-craft such a file on a non-Windows system, you may need to convert it from UTF-8 to UTF-16LE using:

iconv -f UTF8  -t UTF-16LE <adzonedump.FOO.json.utf0 > adzonedump.FOO.json