This command makes the cluster join or leave an Active Directory domain, and also lets you modify SMB-related access settings.
Usage
activedirectory modify --id ID --admin-username USERNAME [--admin-passwd PASSWORD] [--join|--leave] [--allow-smb|--disallow-smb] [--enable-ntlm|--disable-ntlm]
Required Parameters
| Identifies the Active Directory configuration. To obtain the ID of an Active Directory configuration record, run activedirectory list. |
| Specify an Active Directory admin user with permission to join the Active Directory domain. |
Options
| Specify the password for the specified user. If not supplied, you are prompted for the password.
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| Include this option to join the Active Directory domain. |
| Include this option to leave the Active Directory domain. |
| When this option is specified, VAST Cluster uses this Active Directory provider to authenticate and authorize clients accessing the cluster via the SMB storage protocol.
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| Disables use of this Active Directory provider for SMB client access.
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| When this option is specified, SMB clients accessing the cluster are allowed to use NTLM authentication to get authenticated via this Active Directory provider. This is the default behavior.
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| Prohibits use of NTLM authentication on this Active Directory provider.
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Example
This example shows the cluster joining to an Active Directory domain.
vcli: admin> activedirectory modify --id 1 --join --admin-username myuser Are you sure you want to modify the Active directory? [y/N] y Enter admin password: Password: Waiting ... [2020-03-31 10:18:39] waiting for active directory AD enabled state to change to True ...\ [2020-03-31 10:19:45] modify active directory completed successfully .../