Active directory Usage
What is the usage of Active Directory in a small setup with one domain controller (Windows Server), one Ubuntu web server, and one Windows web server, all joined to the domain?
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what do you mean by "usage"? like how does it work? or why would you do it?
windows active directory just makes it easier to manage devices
yes like how does it work and why would some company use it
-# are you asking for homework help...
the first thing that comes to mind is if you wanted to do RADIUS
so you could centralize logins across your web servers
either so your clients can login with the same passwords or so your administrators and employees can login with the same passwords
you could also do a centralized file share with SMB/Samba
but there's not a ton of other reason why you would join Ubuntu to a AD domain
Ah I see
now if you exclude the ubuntu one, you can connect the windows IIS server to your AD domain for a lot more control over users and policies and security and shit
oh also there's AD services like AD DNS if you're interested in that
-# but honestly bind is easier...
because i've been tasked for my internship period to research on these stuff and maybe deploy it
but thank u for the explanation, now i got a general idea of how it works and why companies uses it
if the ubuntu web server is for public usage and the iis server is for internal use id say it's probably better to scrap AD
either use it only for your windows servers or use something like FreeRADIUS or some other RADIUS implementation
I was told that the web servers are only for internal use, so it is only accessible with my Ip only.
I think both the ubuntu and iis internal use
yea then AD is more understandable, AD really isn't meant to be used for external services
Ah I see
it can do it but it's built around mostly internal servers
Alright thanks for the explanation