Setting Up for Linux Desktops

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Your VM guest OS user name: ViewUser
Your VM guest OS user password: *******
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Type the AD user name to join the AD: viewadmin
Please type the AD user password.
Please note that special character in password may not work with the script.
Your AD user password: *******
Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain Using
SSH
You can customize and use the following sample script to join cloned virtual machines (VMs) to an Active
Directory (AD) domain. This script uses SSH to run commands on the Linux VMs.
You need to run this script if you use the Winbind solution for AD integration because the step to join the
domain will fail for the cloned VMs. This script runs a command to join the domain on each VM. You do not
need to run this script if you use the OpenLDAP solution.
To copy and paste the script content without page breaks, use the HTML version of this topic, available from
the Horizon 7 documentation page at hps://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html.
Script Input
This script reads one input le, which is described in “Input File for the Sample PowerCLI Scripts to Deploy
Linux Desktops,” on page 69. This script also interactively asks for the following information:
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IP address of the vCenter Server
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Administrator login name for the vCenter Server
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Administrator password for the vCenter Server
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User login name for the Linux VM
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User password for the Linux VM
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Login name of an AD user that is authorized to join machines to the domain
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Password of the authorized AD user
Script Content
<#
.SYNOPSIS
run command "sudo /usr/bin/net ads join" via SSH
.DESCRIPTION
The tool is to run the command "sudo /usr/bin/net ads join" to join Linux machine to AD via SSH
.NOTES
#>
#------------------------- Functions -------------------------
function GetInput
{
Param($prompt, $IsPassword = $false)
$prompt = $prompt + ": "
Write-Host $prompt -NoNewLine
[Console]::ForegroundColor = "Blue"
if ($IsPassword)
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