2.1 Linux Requirements and Supported Platforms

Review the information in this section before installing the AD Bridge Agent on a Linux server.

2.1.1 Linux Requirements

The following requirements must be met to install the Linux Agent and join Active Directory:

  • Install the Linux Agent with “root” (requires administrator password)

  • DNS name servers on the Linux Agent must list the Active Directory DNS servers

  • The Active Directory domain is listed as one of the default search domains

  • Prerequisite Linux packages are able to download and install from respective vendors during the Linux Agent installation.

    Otherwise, the following Linux packages must be installed prior to running the Linux Agent installation:

    Linux Distribution

    Required Linux Packages

    All distributions

    .NetCore system update to install .NetCore 2.1 and its prerequisites.

    For more information, see Linux distribution dependencies.

    RHEL 6, RHEL 7, CentOS 6, CentOS 7, Oracle 6, Oracle 7

    		 
    samba
samba-client
samba-winbind
samba-winbind-clients
cifs-utils
openldap-clients

    SLES 12, SLES 15

    		 
    realmd
adcli
sssd
sssd-tools
sssd-ad
samba-client
krb5-client
openldap2-client

    Ubuntu 18.04

    		 
    realmd
sssd
sssd-tools
libnss-sss
libpam-sss
adcli
samba-common-bin
oddjob
oddjob-mkhomedir
packagekit
krb5-user
cifs-utils
keyutils

    Ubuntu 16.04

    		 
    ntpdate
samba
krb5-config
krb5-user
winbind
libpm-winbind
libnss-winbind
cifs-utils

NOTE:If a prerequisite package check or installation fails, the failure notice will identify any missing prerequisites.

2.1.2 Supported Linux Platforms

The following Linux platforms are supported by AD Bridge:

Linux Distribution

Version

Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL)

  • RHEL 6

  • RHEL 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

  • SLES 12

  • SLES 15

CentOS Enterprise Linux

  • CentOS 6

  • CentOS 7

Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu 16

  • Ubuntu 18

Oracle Enterprise Linux

  • Oracle 6

  • Oracle 7