[Samba] Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

On Thursday, 26 February 2026 at 11:01 PM, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:49:14 +0000
> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba
> > 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?
> >
> 
> Now that I have had a bit more time to look into the linked tutorials,
> the one at:
> 
> https://meetcyber.net/full-guide-deploying-samba-active-directory-on-fedora-and-rocky-with-hybrid-dns-and-gpo-support-30f47fab1e90
> 
> made me stop and think.
> 
> It goes into running Bind9 and the Samba internal dns server on the DC.
> 
> The provision command is this:
> 
> sudo samba-tool domain provision \
>   --use-rfc2307 \
>   --realm=FEDORA.LAN \
>   --domain=FEDORA \
>   --server-role=dc \
>   --dns-backend=SAMBA_INTERNAL \
>   --adminpass='Copa@@2026'
> 
> Then further down the page it tells you to add this line (among others) to the DCs smb.conf file:
> 
> server services = rpc, nbt, wrepl, ldap, cldap, kdc, drepl, winbindd, ntp_signd, kcc, dnsupdate
> 
> Can any one else see the inconstancy between the two ?
> 
> There a few other things that stop me recommending this tutorial.
> 
> Rowland

This guide is too long for me. It would have taken me weeks to read through the entire document.

The Tranquil IT guide is just nice. Not too lengthy and not long-winded. It took me less than 1 hour to complete provisioning Samba AD DC in Debian 13.3.0. Fast and efficient.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore