Hi,
As I searched the web how to automatically deploy NANO server and join it to Active Directory, I could only find incomplete solutions.
I saw many things with manual copy of the blob generated with djoin.exe …
I went deep dive into “:\NanoServer\NanoServerImageGenerator\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1” and discovered everything is in the box.
For that I’m working with the last version of Windows 2016: Win_Svr_STD_Core_and_DataCtr_Core_2016_64Bit_English_-3_MLF_X21-30350.ISO
You can manually create your own unattend.xml thanks to WAIK10, but no need for that; As I said, everything is in the module NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1
Also, as I am quite lazy and want the simplest code, this is what I wrote and which generates my disk.vhdx
<#
.NOTES
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Created with: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc., PowerShell Studio 2017 v5.4.136
Created on: 21/03/2017 08:11
Created by: Jean-Yves Moschetto jeanyves.moschetto@yoursystems.eu
Organization: CARIB INFRA - YOURSYSTEMS
Filename:
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- Copy to C:\EXPLOIT\NanoServer
- BasePath doesn't support network drive or UNC path
- To be executed from a member Windows 10/2016 computer, as 'Domain admin' for account provisioning
- Must have a DHCP with DNS to join domain
#>
$Configurationdata = @{
Global = @{ BasePath = 'C:\EXPLOIT\NanoServer'; MediaPath = 'D:\'; TargetPath = '\\10.10.10.2\c$\VM\VHD'; Domain = 'dom2016.local'; }
Servers = @(
@{ ComputerName = 'Nano1'; Edition = 'Datacenter'; DeploymentType = 'Guest' },
@{ ComputerName = 'Nano2'; Edition = 'Standard'; DeploymentType = 'Guest' }
)
}
Import-Module "$($Configurationdata.Global.BasePath)\NanoServerImageGenerator\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1"
if ($Credential -eq $null) { $Credential = Get-Credential -Message 'Enter administrator password' -UserName Administrator }
ForEach ($Server in $Configurationdata.Servers)
{
djoin.exe /provision /domain $($Configurationdata.Global.Domain) /machine $($Server.ComputerName) /savefile "$($Configurationdata.Global.BasePath)\$($Server.ComputerName).blob" /reuse
New-NanoServerImage -DeploymentType $Server.DeploymentType `
-Edition $Server.Edition `
-MediaPath $Configurationdata.Global.MediaPath `
-BasePath $Configurationdata.Global.BasePath `
-TargetPath "$($Configurationdata.Global.TargetPath)\$($Server.ComputerName).vhdx" `
-AdministratorPassword $Credential.Password `
-DomainBlobPath "$($Configurationdata.Global.BasePath)\$($Server.ComputerName).blob" `
-EnableRemoteManagementPort:$true
}
Just create your virtual machine manually or from script, attach the just created vhdx disk and boot.
It just takes 3 seconds to boot and here it is … :
Logon into the domain, that’s it :
