Keep getting an error with Image Builder and/or Fleet connecting to an Active Directory - error DOMAIN_JOIN_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN

Question

I'm attempting to build an App Streaming test application that runs on a custom vpc with a Microsoft AD.

I'm using pulumi to create this - code looks like this:

```typescript

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";
import * as awsx from "@pulumi/awsx";

const stack = pulumi.getStack();

const name = `my-example-app-${stack}`;

const main = new awsx.ec2.Vpc("custom", {
  cidrBlock: "10.0.0.0/16",
  subnetSpecs: [{ type: "Public" }, { type: "Private" }],
  tags: {
    Name: `${name}`,
  },
});

const testAD = new aws.directoryservice.Directory("testAD", {
  name: `${name}.com`,
  password: "ThisIsMyPassword123!",
  edition: "Standard",
  type: "MicrosoftAD",
  vpcSettings: {
    vpcId: main.vpcId,
    subnetIds: main.privateSubnetIds.apply((ids) => ids.slice(0, 2)),
  },
});

new aws.appstream.DirectoryConfig(
  "directoryConfig",
  {
    directoryName: testAD.name,

// Note - this has been lifted from the windows server manager users and computers interface.
    organizationalUnitDistinguishedNames: [
      `OU=Users,OU=${name},DC=${name},DC=com`,
    ],
    serviceAccountCredentials: {
      accountName: pulumi.interpolate`${testAD.name}\Admin`,
      accountPassword: testAD.password,
    },
  },
  { dependsOn: [testAD] }
);

export const directoryId = testAD.id;
export const directoryName = testAD.name;
export const vpcId = main.vpcId;
export const publicSubnetIds = main.publicSubnetIds;

```
Using this, I get a new vpc, an Active Directory and a Directory config, and it's all working well.
I'm able to boot up an ec2 instance into the appropriate subnet, configure it's DNS servers and join the AD I've created.

Here is a sample instance in pulumi typescript:

```typescript
const imageId = "ami-0cd601a22ac9e6d79";

const instance = new aws.ec2.Instance("instance", {
  ami: imageId,
  instanceType: "t2.medium",
   vpcSecurityGroupIds: [main.vpc.defaultSecurityGroupId],
  subnetId: main.publicSubnetIds[0],
  tags: {
    Name: `${name}-admin-instance`,
  },
});
```

I've been trying to create an ImageBuilder and/or Fleet and get it to use the AD. I've tried creating them in pulumi, and in the web console. But every time I get the following error: `DOMAIN_JOIN_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted`.
I'm using the same subnet and security group that I used to run the ec2 instance so I don't think they are the issue.

Could anyone explain why I'm getting this error and how can I fix it?

Accepted Answer

The issue has been resolved - I was missing a [DHCP Option Set](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/dhcp_options_set.html) for the VPC. This Option Set needed to list the DNS addresses of my Directory Service.
In pulumi typescript this looks like this:

```typescript

// main is the vpc
// testAD is the Active Directory

const optionSet = new aws.ec2.VpcDhcpOptions(
  "optionSet",
  {
    domainName: testAD.name,
    domainNameServers: testAD.dnsIpAddresses,
    tags: {
      Name: `${name}`,
    },
  },
  { dependsOn: main }
);

new aws.ec2.VpcDhcpOptionsAssociation(
  "optionSetAssociation",
  {
    vpcId: main.vpcId,
    dhcpOptionsId: optionSet.id,
  },
  { dependsOn: optionSet }
);

```

Answer

Hello ede,

did the directory attachment to the fleet itself work?

Where exactly do you get the error?

Thanks in advance

Heiko

Keep getting an error with Image Builder and/or Fleet connecting to an Active Directory - error DOMAIN_JOIN_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN

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