How to Bind a Mac to Active Directory using Profile Manager and LANDESK

by Bennett, posted in Configuration Profiles, macOS, OS X

Below is a somewhat brief overview of how you can build a payload with the settings to bind a Mac to a domain.

In order to build this Directory payload, you’ll need to download and install macOS Server.  Your clients won’t need access to the macOS Server, so you can put this on a virtual machine that you start just when you need to build a new profile.

You’ll also need LANDESK Management Suite 9.6 or greater.

2 thoughts on “How to Bind a Mac to Active Directory using Profile Manager and LANDESK”

  1. I have done the steps above. I run the a provisioning template with this as an agent configuration step. When all is done the mac is reloaded and all task complete with no fails, but not joined to the domain. I have tested the profile manager file on a computer buy clicking on it and it installs just fine and joins the domain. Any ideas on where to start troubleshooting?
    Thanks

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    1. Chad, if you look at the landesk.log on the client device, searching for the name of your profile, you should find the error message related to the profile. That is where I would start.

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