Active directory topology creation

1. An active directory topology creation device, comprising:

a storage module to store a data input list,

wherein the data input list comprises an active directory site name, a site link name, and a subnet name associated with the active directory site name, and

wherein the data input list further comprises a site link cost and a replication interval, the site link cost and replication interval being associated with the site link name; and

a processing resource coupled to the storage module, the processing resource to:

access the data input list;

determine whether an active directory site corresponding to the active directory site name exists;

create, in response to a determination that the active directory site does not exist, the active directory site;

determine whether a subnet corresponding to the subnet name exists;

create, in response to a determination that the subnet does not exist, the subnet;

associate, in response to a determination that the subnet is not linked to its associated active directory site, the subnet with its associated active directory site; and

update, in response to a creation of a site link, the site link cost and replication interval listed in the data input list.

2. The active directory topology creation device of claim 1 , wherein the processing resource is further to:

determine whether the subnet is linked to its associated active directory site.

3. The active directory topology creation device of claim 1 , wherein the processing resource is further to update the data input list a location and a description of the active directory site.

4. The active directory topology creation device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processing resource is further to:

determine whether the site link corresponding to the site link name exists; and

create, in response to a determination that the site link does not exist, the site link; and

update, in response to a creation of the site link, the data input list with a description of the site link.

5. The active directory topology creation device of claim 4 ,

wherein the site link name is associated with the active directory site name; and

wherein the processing resource is further to:

determine whether the active directory site is associated with the site link; and

associate, in response to a determination that the active directory site is not associated with the site link, the active directory site with the site link.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a processing resource of an active directory topology creation device, cause the processing resource to:

determine whether a site link corresponding to a site link name stored in a data input list exists;

create, in response to a determination that the site link does not exist, the site link;

update, in response to a creation of the site link, the data input list with a description of the site link; and

update, in response to the creation of the site link, a site link cost and replication interval in an active directory, the site link cost and replication interval being stored in the data input list and associated with the site link name.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processing resource, cause the processing resource to:

determine whether an active directory site is associated with the site link; and

associate, in response to a determination that the active directory site is not associated with the site link, the active directory site with the site link.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processing resource, cause the processing resource to:

determine whether an active directory site corresponding to an active directory site name stored in the data input list exists;

create, in response to a determination that the active directory site does not exist, the active directory site;

determine whether a subnet corresponding to a subnet name stored in the data input list exists; and

create, in response to a determination that the subnet does not exist, the subnet.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processing resource, cause the processing resource to:

update the data input list with a location and description of the active directory site;

determine whether the subnet is linked to its associated active directory site; and

associate, in response to a determination that the subnet is not linked to its associated active directory site, the subnet with its associated active directory site.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the data input list is a spreadsheet.

11. A method for creating an active directory topology, comprising:

determining, by a processing resource, that an active directory site corresponds to an active directory site name stored in a spreadsheet exists;

creating, in response to a determination that the active directory site does not exist, the active directory site;

determining that a subnet corresponds to a subnet name stored in the spreadsheet exists;

creating, in response to a determination that the subnet does not exist, the subnet;

associate, in response to a determination that the subnet is not linked to its associated active directory site, the subnet with its associated active directory site;

determining that a site link corresponds to a site link name stored in the spreadsheet exists;

creating, in response to a determination that the site link does not exist, the site link; and

updating, in response to a creation of the site link, an active directory with a site link cost and replication interval stored in the spreadsheet.

12. The method for creating an active directory topology of claim 11 , further comprising:

updating the spreadsheet with a location and description of the active directory site;

determining that the subnet is linked to its associated active directory site; and

associating, in response to a determination that the subnet is not linked to its associated active directory site, the subnet with its associated active directory site.

13. The method for creating an active directory topology of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining that the active directory site is associated with the site link; and

associating, in response to a determination that the active directory site is not associated with the site link, the active directory site with the site link.