The PowerBroker Identity Services Open (PBISO) authentication method is one of the supported solutions for performing an offline domain join.
PowerBroker Identity Services Open (PBISO) Authentication supports offline domain join with Active Directory for instant-cloned desktops running the following Linux distributions.
- Ubuntu 18.04/20.04/22.04
- RHEL 7.x
Use the following steps to join a Linux virtual machine to Active Directory (AD) using PBISO.
Prerequisites
krb5-user
package on the source template VM. For example, on an Ubuntu VM, you can use the following installation command:
apt-get install krb5-user
Procedure
What to do next
Note:
- If the /opt/pbis/bin/config AssumeDefaultDomain option is set to false, you must update the SSOUserFormat=<username>@<domain> setting in the /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf file.
- When using instant-clone floating desktop pools, to avoid losing the DNS Server setting when you add the new network adapter to the cloned virtual machine, modify the resolv.conf file for your Linux system. Use the following example, for an Ubuntu system, as a guide for adding the necessary lines in the /etc/resolv.conf file.
nameserver 10.10.10.10 search mydomain.org