DirectoryService / Client / create_microsoft_ad

create_microsoft_ad#

DirectoryService.Client.create_microsoft_ad(**kwargs)#

Creates a Microsoft AD directory in the Amazon Web Services Cloud. For more information, see Managed Microsoft AD in the Directory Service Admin Guide.

Before you call CreateMicrosoftAD, ensure that all of the required permissions have been explicitly granted through a policy. For details about what permissions are required to run the CreateMicrosoftAD operation, see Directory Service API Permissions: Actions, Resources, and Conditions Reference.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_microsoft_ad(
    Name='string',
    ShortName='string',
    Password='string',
    Description='string',
    VpcSettings={
        'VpcId': 'string',
        'SubnetIds': [
            'string',
        ]
    },
    Edition='Enterprise'|'Standard',
    Tags=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ]
)
Parameters:

  • Name (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The fully qualified domain name for the Managed Microsoft AD directory, such as corp.example.com. This name will resolve inside your VPC only. It does not need to be publicly resolvable.

  • ShortName (string) – The NetBIOS name for your domain, such as CORP. If you don’t specify a NetBIOS name, it will default to the first part of your directory DNS. For example, CORP for the directory DNS corp.example.com.

  • Password (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The password for the default administrative user named Admin.

    If you need to change the password for the administrator account, you can use the ResetUserPassword API call.

  • Description (string) – A description for the directory. This label will appear on the Amazon Web Services console Directory Details page after the directory is created.

  • VpcSettings (dict) –

    [REQUIRED]

    Contains VPC information for the CreateDirectory or CreateMicrosoftAD operation.

    • VpcId (string) – [REQUIRED]

      The identifier of the VPC in which to create the directory.

    • SubnetIds (list) – [REQUIRED]

      The identifiers of the subnets for the directory servers. The two subnets must be in different Availability Zones. Directory Service creates a directory server and a DNS server in each of these subnets.

      • (string) –

  • Edition (string) – Managed Microsoft AD is available in two editions: Standard and Enterprise. Enterprise is the default.

  • Tags (list) –

    The tags to be assigned to the Managed Microsoft AD directory.

    • (dict) –

      Metadata assigned to a directory consisting of a key-value pair.

      • Key (string) – [REQUIRED]

        Required name of the tag. The string value can be Unicode characters and cannot be prefixed with “aws:”. The string can contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-]*)$”).

      • Value (string) – [REQUIRED]

        The optional value of the tag. The string value can be Unicode characters. The string can contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-]*)$”).

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'DirectoryId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    Result of a CreateMicrosoftAD request.

    • DirectoryId (string) –

      The identifier of the directory that was created.

Exceptions