# VM not joining domain

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146 "2020-06-10T17:43:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146/1 "2020-06-10T17:43:32Z")

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any idea why my Vm is not joining domain? Credentials are correct

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**Author:** ![David\_Foley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@David\_Foley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Foley)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146/2 "2020-06-10T22:21:12Z")

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Did you check the windows Event logs for the Active Directory

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146/3 "2020-06-11T14:35:21Z")

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does this mean anything?

“invocation”: {  
“module\_args”: {  
“annotation”: “Master #1”,  
“cdrom”: ,  
“cluster”: “RW-VA”,  
“convert”: null,  
“customization”: {  
“dns\_servers”: [  
“VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”  
],  
“domain”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,  
“domainadmin”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,  
“domainadminpassword”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,  
“hostname”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,  
“joindomain”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”  
},  
“customization\_spec”: null,  
“customvalues”: ,  
“datacenter”: “RW-VA”,  
“datastore”: null,  
“disk”: [  
{  
“datastore”: “RW-VA-NIM-VOL1”,  
“size\_gb”: 60,  
“type”: “thin”  
}  
],  
“esxi\_hostname”: null,  
“folder”: “ansible”,  
“force”: false,  
“guest\_id”: “windows9Server64Guest”,  
“hardware”: {  
“memory\_mb”: “1024”,  
“num\_cpus”: “1”  
},  
“hostname”: “vasvw-vcsa.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*”,  
“is\_template”: false,  
“linked\_clone”: false,  
“name”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”,  
“name\_match”: “first”,  
“networks”: [  
{  
“dns\_servers”: [  
“VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”  
],

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vm-not-joining-domain/33146/4 "2020-06-11T15:18:42Z")

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looks like the join account keeps locking out my domain account. any idea why its doing that? The password is correct.