Symptoms

For those who prefer to let their keyboards do the work, rather than their mouse, or are running into problems joining AD via the SoftNAS GUI, ('Ajax Timeout' errors have been known to occur) it is possible to join your SoftNAS instance/VM to Active Directory via your command line interface.

Purpose

This article provides step by step instructions for joining your SoftNAS instance to Active Directory from within a CLI. 

Note: If an HA pairing, this process MUST be run twice, once on each node, or failover would break domain trusts.

Resolution

SSH into the SoftNAS instance/virtual machine in question. (Alternatively, it is possible to access the command shell from within your SoftNAS GUI, by navigating the Storage Administration pane, going to Settings, then clicking General System Settings. In the Webmin Panel that will open, expand Others, and Command Shell will be the first available option.)

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Remember to join both nodes of an HA cluster to AD if they are to work in unison.  Also check the Samba.conf file for any information pertaining to the AD join process, as it is a wealth of info.

Additional Information

Active Directory Configuration

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