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AUTOMATIC DIRECTORY JOIN FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTANCES

  • US 20150160956A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2013
  • Published: 06/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for fulfilling a request to provision a virtual machine instance and, once provisioned, joining the virtual machine instance to a directory, comprising:

  • under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving, at a virtual computer system service, network address information associated with the directory to enable the virtual machine instance to be provisioned and joined to the directory;

    provisioning the virtual machine instance;

    transmitting, to a managed directory service, a request for a set of temporary credentials for joining the virtual machine instance to the directory; and

    receiving the set of temporary credentials from the managed directory service;

    wherein the virtual machine instance is configured to utilize the network address information to establish a connection with the directory and utilize the set of temporary credentials to join the virtual machine instance to the directory.

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