Getting ready

Before going ahead, we'll need the following pieces of info:

  • The FQDN for your directory (for example, http://megacorp.com/).
  • A password for administering your directory. This password corresponds to the Administrator user that will be created on your behalf. Note that the password needs to be between 8-64 characters and will also need to contain one character from three of the following four groups:
    • Lowercase letters
    • Uppercase letters
    • Numbers
    • Non-alphanumeric characters
  • The ID of the VPC we're deploying to.
  • The IDs of two subnets in this VPC. These subnets need to be in different Availability Zones.
  • The size of the directory you'd like to deploy. You can choose between Small and Large.

A domain controller is going to be ...

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