Domain Controller On Raspberry Pi

A wireless usb dongle unless you are using the raspberry pi 3 model 4.

Domain controller on raspberry pi. This post will walk you through using samba on a raspberry pi as a windows domain controller. I started this project largely as a proof of concept for myself can you build a fully functioning domain controller on a raspberry pi. If you are using mobile phone you could also use menu drawer from browser.

The raspberry pi is a wonderful platform to simplify your daily it jobs such as serving as a media centre for your smart tv being the central hub for your home automation system or in the case at hand act as an active directory ad domain controller in a test lab. After a few minutes check that the current time is close from what you have on the domain controller. I ll have my other machines.

Posted january 30 2017. I ve written this guide so hopefully most admins and homw computer hobbyists can use it though it does assume some basic understanding. By noah july 23 2019.

Don t forget to bookmark raspberry pi samba active directory domain controller using ctrl d pc or command d macos. 3 would be best as it comes with built in wireless 2. The goal is to setup a small active directory domain to ease account management and local sharings.

Raspberry pi domain controller. I prefer debian linux raspbian for this. In order to connect your raspberry pi to a domain you need to set up a time synchronization between the raspberry pi and the domain controller to do this you need to install and start the ntp service.

Member 25 posts. The domain controller will be based on samba 4 running on a raspberry pi. Whether it s windows mac ios or android you will be able to download the images using download button.