Active-Directory on ferkakta.devhttps://ferkakta.dev/tags/active-directory/Recent content in Active-Directory on ferkakta.devHugoen-USCopyright fizz.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0600SimpleAD is Samba 4 — you can create users with ldapadd instead of ClickOpshttps://ferkakta.dev/simplead-ldap-user-creation-terraform/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0600https://ferkakta.dev/simplead-ldap-user-creation-terraform/<p>If you&rsquo;ve tried to fully automate Amazon WorkSpaces provisioning with Terraform, you&rsquo;ve hit the wall: SimpleAD has no AWS API for creating directory users.</p> <h2 id="what-every-guide-tells-you">What every guide tells you</h2> <ul> <li>Enable WorkDocs in the console, then use the WorkDocs API to create users</li> <li>Launch a domain-joined EC2 instance with RSAT tools and create users manually</li> <li>RDP into a Windows management machine and use the AD admin console</li> </ul> <p>All of these break the Terraform workflow. Everything is automated except the one step that creates the user your WorkSpace actually needs.</p>