Configure Adaxes to use specific domain controllers

By default, Adaxes relies on the Domain Controller Locator Service to locate domain controllers for a managed domain. To configure Adaxes to only use domain controllers from a predefined list:

1. Navigate to the folder where Adaxes service is installed. By default, the folder is C:\Program Files\Softerra\Adaxes 3\Service.

2. Open the Softerra.Adaxes.Service.exe.config file with a text editor.

3. Locate the configuration\softerra.adaxes\managedDomainSettings\allowedDomainControllers XML element.

4. Under the allowedDomainControllers XML element, create an XML element add with the following parameters:

   • key – the fully qualified name of the domain.
   • value – a comma-separated list of the domain controllers allowed for the domain. Domain controllers in the list can be represented by fully qualified domain names or NetBIOS names.

   <configuration>
       ...
       <softerra.adaxes>
           ...
           <managedDomainSettings ...>
               <allowedDomainControllers>
                   <add key="domain1.com" value="dc1.domain1.com,DC3" />
                   <add key="domain2.com" value="dc1.domain2.com,DC4" />
               </allowedDomainControllers>
   

   Adaxes will connect to the first available domain controller in the list.

5. Save the file.

6. Restart the Adaxes service.