Amazon Web Services - EC2 - Active Directory (Domain Controller) | Web Server (IIS) | DB Server (SQL Server)
active-directory, amazon-ec2, amazon-vpc, amazon-web-services
Solution
Don't use a static IP on the domain controller, instead try allocating an Elastic IP for it. Amazon's docs include a guide to setting up a DC: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ConfigWindowsHPC.html
Problem
I would like to setup 3 Windows 2012R2 EC2 instances: - AD Server (Domain Controller) - Web Server (IIS) - Database Server (SQL Server) Setting up the servers individually is fine, but I would like to setup the AD Server so that it acts as a Domain Controller. I would just like the domain to run in the cloud, it is not necessary that the Domain be accessible from a remote office. I have tried setting up the AD Server by installing the Windows feature. That part is working fine, however, when I try setting a static IP, then I lose complete access to the machine. Note when installing AD I have installed DHCP and DNS as well. The configuration is where I am getting stuck. Can anyone advise / point me to a good tutorial on setting up an architecture like this in AWS EC2? I am developer who striving to better under dev ops.