Integrate FreeIPA with Windows 2016 Active Directory

Posted On November 4, 2018

In this LAB we will setup Trust based integration between FreeIPA and Windows 2016 Active Directory Forest

Lab Information

  • Windows 2016 Standard
  • CentOS 7.5.1804
  • FreeIPA 4.5.4
  • Windows domain-win.poc.lab
  • IPA domain-lin.poc.lab
  • Kerberos realm names = WIN.POC.LAB ; LIN.POC.LAB

Required Firewall ports

  • TCP ports: 80, 88, 443, 389, 636, 88, 464, 53, 135, 138, 139, 445, 1024-1300
  • UDP ports: 88, 464, 53, 123, 138, 139, 389, 445

Freeipa with AD 2016 integration

POC Deployment

1. Setup domain with Windows Server 2016 standard win.poc.lab and integrated DNS.

2. Setup CentOS 7 vm and install FreeIPA

enable ipv6 (current satellite images have it disabled in grub)
Edit /etc/default/grub and change the value of kernel parameter ipv6.disable from 1 to 0 in line
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
shutdown -r now
yum update -y
yum install -y "*ipa-server" "*ipa-server-trust-ad" bind bind-dyndb-ldap
ipa-server-install -a Password1 -p Password1 --domain=lin.poc.lab --realm=LIN.POC.LAB --setup-dns --no-forwarders –U
ipa-adtrust-install --netbios-name=lin -a Password1

To obtain a ticket-granting ticket, run the following command:

# kinit admin
# getent passwd admin
# ipa-adtrust-install --netbios-name=lin.poc.lab -a Password1

3. DNS Configuration
on Windows DC

dnscmd 127.0.0.1 /ZoneAdd lin.poc.lab /Forwarder 10.196.180.192

on IPA-Linux system

kinit admin
ipa dnsforwardzone-add win.poc.lab --forwarder=10.196.180.191 --forward-policy=only

in named.conf file set zone validation to no
dnssec-validation no;
systemctl restart named-pkcs11

Verify DNS Lookups

on windows 
C:\> nslookup
> set type=srv
> _ldap._tcp.win.poc.lab
> _ldap._tcp.lin.poc.lab
> quit
on linux
# dig SRV _ldap._tcp.lin.poc.lab
# dig SRV _ldap._tcp.win.poc.lab

4. Establish and verify trust

kinit admin
ipa trust-add --type=ad win.poc.lab --admin Administrator --password

Client system setup

Add host record to /etc/hosts
Configure resolve.conf to point to IDM server

Add client system to IPA DNS
In GUI Identity->Hosts->Add

yum install freeipa-client
ipa-client-install --mkhomedir  # enter user and password (admin,Password1)
Edit /etc/krb5.conf
[realms]
IPA_DOMAIN = {
....
  auth_to_local = RULE:[1:$1@$0](^.*@WIN.POC.LAB$)s/@WIN.POC.LAB/@win.poc.lab/
  auth_to_local = DEFAULT
}
# service krb5kdc restart
# service sssd restart

Allow user access to resources

Create external group in IPA for trusted domain admins

ipa group-add --desc='ad_domain admins external map' ad_admins_external --external

Create POSIX group for external ad_admins_external group:

ipa group-add --desc='ad_domain admins' ad_admins

Add trusted domain users to the external group

ipa group-add-member ad_admins_external --external 'win.poc.lab\Domain Admins'

# enter enter when asked for credentials

Allow members of ad_admins_external group to be associated with ad_admins POSIX group:

ipa group-add-member ad_admins --groups ad_admins_external

Create sudo rule

ipa sudorule-add --cmdcat=all All

Add local host record to your system
10.196.180.192 sq5vdlidm001.lin.poc.lab

Useful nodes:

  • Local POSIX group must include external group
  • SUDO rights granted to local POSIX group
  • EXTERNAL AD group added to local POSIX group
  • Ad group from Active Directory can be added to external IPA group DOMAIN\group
  • EXTERNAL users added to external ad groups

Useful commands

ipa sudorule-find all
ipa host-del client1.lin.poc #delete A record
ipa dnsrecord-add lin.poc client2 --a-rec 10.17.90.45 # Add dns record to IPA