Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

Subject: Which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

Good day from Singapore,

I have found a few guides/tutorials on the internet.

[01] Setting up Samba as an Active Directory Domain Controller

Link: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller

Date of guide: 19 Aug 2024

[02] COMPLETE AND DETAILED TUTORIAL: Installing Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller on Fedora 42+/Rocky Linux 9+

Link: https://meetcyber.net/full-guide-deploying-samba-active-directory-on-fedora-and-rocky-with-hybrid-dns-and-gpo-support-30f47fab1e90

Date of guide: 30 Oct 2025

Remarks: I have found some text which is not English, and I probably will not be able to understand.

[03] Provisioning a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller

Link: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/samba/provision-samba-ad-controller/

Date of guide: 10 Dec 2025

May I know which guide is better for setting up and configuring Samba 4.23.5 as a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Domain Controller?

If there are better guides/tutorials out there which is not on the above list, please let me know.

Thank you.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore

26 Feb 2026 Thursday 7.48 pm Singapore Time

REFERENCES

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[1] https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2026-February/252648.html

[2] mail-archive.com - NIL

[3] https://marc.info/?l=samba&m=177210946620511&w=2