Comment on Anybody here running AD on-prem in your homelab?

• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To deploy AD, that depends.

  If you like to sail the high seas AND aren’t trying to use it for a business, then no.

  If you don’t want to sail the high seas or need to use it for a business, then yes, you’ll need to buy a Windows Server license

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  • Dashi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Windows server license and CALs… don’t forget that extra little cost just because from MS

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  • huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Samba v4 has been able to be a domain server forever and it’s free. You can also use Synology if you want it off the shelf.

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  • infeeeee@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can have ad dc on samba, without windows. Nice all in one solution is UCS univention, works really well and free: www.univention.com/products/ucs/

    Even in docker, last time i tried this, it was buggy: github.com/Fmstrat/samba-domain

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