Active Directory Cookbook

11.1. Creating a Site

Problem

You want to create a site.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in.

2. Right-click on the Sites container and select New Site.

3. Beside Name, enter the name of the new site.

4. Under Link Name, select a site link for the site.

5. Click OK twice.

Using a command-line interface

Create an LDIF file called create_site.ldf with the following contents:

dn: cn=<SiteName>,cn=sites,cn=configuration,<ForestRootDN>
changetype: add
objectclass: site

dn: cn=Licensing Site Settings,cn=<SiteName>,cn=sites,cn=configuration, <ForestRootDN>
changetype: add
objectclass: licensingSiteSettings

dn: cn=NTDS Site Settings,cn=<SiteName>,cn=sites,cn=configuration,<ForestRootDN>
changetype: add
objectclass: nTDSSiteSettings

dn: cn=Servers,cn=<SiteName>,cn=sites,cn=configuration,<ForestRootDN>
changetype: add
objectclass: serversContainer

then run the following command:

> ldifde -v -i -f create_site.ldf

Using VBScript

' This code creates the objects that make up a site.
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strSiteName = "<SiteName>" ' e.g. Dallas ' ------ END CONFIGURATION --------- set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE") set objSitesCont = GetObject("LDAP://cn=sites," & _ objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") ) ' Create the site set objSite = objSitesCont.Create("site","cn=" & strSiteName) objSite.SetInfo ' Create the Licensing Site Settings object set objLicensing = objSite.Create("licensingSiteSettings", _ "cn=Licensing Site Settings") ...