To Install Zentyal as Primary Domain Controller and Integrate Windows System

Installation process of Zentyal as PDC and also Integration of Windows System will be discussed in this tutorial.

Essentials

To download Zentyal 4.2 Community Edition, go to the below link http://www.zentyal.org/server/

After downloading the image, burn it to a DVD or make a bootable pendrive and connect the pendrive to the system.

Installation screen appears, after the boot up is completed.

Installation of Zentyal Server

1. Select your desired Language.

language

2. Select Install Zentyal 4.2(expert mode).

Zentyal

3. Now select your preferred language for installation.

preferred language

4. Select your location. If your location is not listed by default, just go for other and then choose your continent and country

5. Select your keyboard layout.

keyboard layout

6. Now the installer will load the components required to configure your system.

7. To configure network manually, Select configure network manually.

network configuration

Enter your IP address, Netmask, Gateway, NameServer(DNS)

IP address
Netmask
NameServer(DNS)
continue

8. In the next stage, set the hostname for your computer and enter your FQDN. Here my FQDN is " pdc.linuxhelp.com" .

hostname
domain name

9. Select an user for your system administration and not the user domain controller.

username

10. Enter password for root user, it must be a stronger one.

password

11. It prompts you to re-enter your password.

password verification

Use weak password, give yes

use weak password

12. To configure your system time. Select " Yes" if time setting is correct.

system time

13. For Partitioning Disk, select manual and click Enter.

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partitioning disk

14. To select your HDD, here choose VMware virtual disk.

15. To create new partition table, Click yes and press Enter.

16. To Configure the Hard Disk Partitions.

boot partition	300 MB
swap area	2 GB
/ Partition ext4	15 GB

In real server, assign more space for all of partitions, Follow the below steps

Select the free space and click enter now select the create a new partition

new partition

Now give the size for the boot partition

Select the partition type, here I’ m selecting primary
primary

Select the location for the partition as beginning

location

Select the filesystem type as EXT4 and mount point as /boot. After configuring give Done setting up the partition

filesystem

Now select the free space and give enter and then select create a new partition

create a new partition

Give the size for the swap partition

swap partition

Since the swap partition should be double the size of RAM, I’ m giving 2GB for the swap partition. Select the partition type as primary

primary

Select from which position of the free space the partition should be created

free space

Select the filesystem type as Swap area

Swap area

After configuring give Done setting up the partition

Done setting up

Select the free space and click enter now and then select the create a new partition

new partition

Now give the size for the root partition

root partition

Select the partition type as Primary

Primary

Select from which position of the free space the partition should be created

free space

Select the filesystem type as EXT4 and mount point as / After configuring give done setting up the partition

filesystem

Now select Finish partitioning and write changes to disks

Finish partitioning

write changes

17. To setup a Graphical Environment for Zentyal. If your server has both monitor and keyboard attached, then you have to select No, if not then select yes.

Graphical Environment setup

18. Now the Installation process starts.

installation process

19.If u use proxy server enter the proxy information or else leave the space blank and Click enter.

20. Selecting yes to install Grub bootloader into MBR.

Grub bootloader
enter yes

21. Selecting Yes for next warning about UTC time.

UTC time

22. Click enter to continue and the computer starts rebooting.

rebooting

After rebooting, the system will install zentyal core packages.

zentyal core packages

To Install Basic Software' s for PDC

Open a web browser and enter the IP address or the hostname in search bar. For example: " https://192.168.7.124" . It gives warnings to you about a security issue certificate.

select " I Understand the Risks" , " Add exception" and " Confirm Security Exception" .

23. Just Enter your admin user name and password.

user credentials

24. In Zentyal Web Administration, to Select and install software for our Primary Domain Controller.

Zentyal Web Administration

25. Select the below mentioned packages for the server to become a PDC.

Firewall
Network Configuration
Printer Sharing Service
DNS Service
File Sharing and Domain Services
Users and Computers

To Confirm your packages installation

installing packages

installation

26. Configuring your Network Interface as Internal.

27. To select Static Method and give your static IP server address, DNS servers, Gateway and Netmask.

static IP server address

type of server

28. Selecting the Standalone server and type your domain name and then click Finish.

domain name
default virtual mail domain
OpenChange Mail services setup
dashboard

29. After PDC installation completes, navigate to DNS Module and check that your domain is in the Domain tab list.

domain tab list

30. Navigate to Users and Computers Module, choose Manage and include a user with Administrator Privileges for Active Directory.
To choose users , hit on " +" button below and type your credentials.

Users and Computers Module

hit " +" button

31. To select the user, in right side under User Groups field choose Domain Admins and click the " plus" button like below.

Domain Admins

32. Navigate to Domain Module, choose Settings and select a description for your server and then choose " Enable roaming profiles" and also click Change.

Domain Module

33. In the top right, select on Save Changes to apply your new settings and hit Save.

Save Changes

To Integrate Windows System in PDC

34. Navigate to Start and select Control Panel and then click " Network and Internet" , after this choose " Network and Sharing Center" , then " View Network Status and Tasks" , after this choose Local Area Connection.
Start -> control panel

35. In Local Area Connection, choose Properties and then IPv4 and also enter your static IP address, Gateway, Netmask and DNS.

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Properties

configuration

IP address

36. To check all is OK, just ping your pdc server address and domain name using the command prompt.

cmd

pdc server address

37. To add Windows 7 into the pdc.linuxhelp.com domain. Select Computer and click System Properties and then Advanced System Settings after that select, Computer Name.

system properties

advanced system settings

$change settings\$

38. Type your computer name in the Name field domain in the Member of Domain.

Member of Domain

39. In the next window, type your username and password for the domain Administrator User.

domain Administrator User
finish

40. Reboot the system to apply setting and then log on to your new domain.

restart

41. In login screen, type your domain and administrator username.

login screen

42. Click start and right click computer and select properties. Now you can see the windows system is added to the pdc.linuxhelp.com

pdc.linuxhelp.com

43. Open Zentyal server and Go to https://192.168.1.13 in the browser and verify if the Computer was added to Computers and Users.

browser

Let us see more about zentyal server in the coming sessions.

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