Configuring Your Server as a Domain Controller

Domain Name Service (DNS) and DCPromo (the command-line tool that creates DNS and Active Directory) can be installed manually or by using the Windows Server 2003 Manager Your Server Wizard. This section uses the manual tools to complete the installation.

To install DNS and Active Directory using the manual tools

1.	Click the Start button, click Run, type DCPROMO, and then click OK.
2.	When the Active Directory Installation Wizard appears, click Next to begin the installation.
3.	After reviewing the Operating System Compatibility information, click Next.
4.	Select Domain controller for a new domain (default), and then click Next.
5.	Select Domain in a new forest (default), and then click Next.
6.	For Full DNS name, type contoso.com, and then click Next. (This represents a Fully Qualified name.)
7.	Click Next to accept the default Domain NetBIOS name of CONTOSO. (NetBIOS names provides for down-level compatibility.)
8.	On the Database and Log Folders screen, point the Active Directory Log Folder to L:\Windows\NTDS, and then click Next to continue.
9.	Leave the default folder location for Shared System Volume, and then click Next.
10.	On the DNS Registration Diagnostics screen, click Install and configure the DNS server on this computer. Click Next to continue.
11.	Select Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 (default), and then click Next.
12.	Type password for Restore Mode Password and Confirm password, and then click Next to continue. Note: Production environments should employ complex passwords for Directory Services Restore passwords.      <!–[if gte vml 1]&gt; &lt;![endif]–><!–[if !vml]–>
13.	Figure 3 represents a summary of the Active Directory installation options. Click Next to start the installation of Active Directory. If prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 installation CD.
14.	Click OK to acknowledge the warning of having a dynamically assigned IP address for a DNS server.
15.	If you have more than one network interface, select the 10.0.0.0 network interface from the Choose Connection drop-down list, and then click Properties.
16.	Under the This connection uses the following items section, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
17.	Select Use the following IP address, and then type 10.0.0.2 for the IP address. Press the Tab key twice, and then type 10.0.0.1 for the Default gateway. Type 127.0.0.1 for the Preferred DNS server, and then click OK. Click Close to continue.
18.	Click Finish once the Active Directory Installation Wizard is finished.
19.	Click Restart Now to reboot the computer

 

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