Windows boostrap and computer name

sausen · July 19, 2018, 3:28pm

Can anyone share how they handle passing Computer Name at bootstrap for renaming on a new server? Thx for any help

spuder · July 19, 2018, 9:41pm

Use the -N option

knife boostrap -N 'node01'

We then have an ad-join cookbook that will rename the machine name to match the chef name

github.com

NetDocuments/ad-join-cookbook/blob/master/resources/domain_join_windows.rb#L98


code <<-EOH
$adminname = "#{new_resource.domain}\\#{new_resource.domain_user}"
$password = '#{new_resource.domain_password}' | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($adminname,$password)


if ( '#{newcomputername}' -eq $(hostname) ) {
  Write-Host "Skipping computer rename since already named: #{newcomputername}"
}
else {
  Write-Host "Renaming computer from $($hostname) to #{newcomputername}"
  Rename-Computer -NewName '#{newcomputername}'
}
sleep 5
Add-computer -DomainName #{new_resource.domain} #{new_resource.ou.nil? ? '' : '-OUPath "' + new_resource.ou + '"'} #{new_resource.server.nil? ? '' : '-Server "' + new_resource.server + '"'} -Credential $credential -force -Options JoinWithNewName,AccountCreate -PassThru #-Restart


# Old way, somtimes Domain controller busy error occured
# Add-Computer  #{newcomputername} -DomainName #{new_resource.domain} -OUPath #{new_resource.ou} -Credential $credential -Restart -PassThru
# Add-Computer -ComputerName Server01 -LocalCredential Server01\Admin01 -DomainName Domain02 -Credential Domain02\Admin02 -Restart -Force
EOH
only_if { node['kernel']['cs_info']['domain_role'].to_i == 0 || node['kernel']['cs_info']['domain_role'].to_i == 2 }
notifies :reboot_now, 'reboot[Restart Computer]', :immediately

sausen · July 20, 2018, 1:02pm

Thanks Spencer

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