Check whether the version of the os is windows desktop. Once a prepared reference windows 10 image is installed and configured in the correct way with a certain installed software, with the operating system settings, with the specified permissions and restrictions, it can be deployed to all computers of the company using mdt, wds take a look at deploying windows 10 with mdt and wds, sccm or manually. For details about the impact of running sysprep, see why is sysprep required for creating a private image from a windows ecs. If you get any windows errors during initial launch, try to resolve them like by running msoobe in my workaround answer and boot into windows. Windows guest initialization with cloudbaseinit in. Microsoftbased operating systems have long used security identifiers sids that are uniquely generated and assigned to each computer as part of. Tools to automate the creation of a windows image for openstack, supporting kvm, hyperv, esxi and more.
By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. Finally running sysprep, using cloudbaseinit s unattended. Now you have a windows image that is switched off, based upon a qcow file which we can upload to openstack. In the completed the cloudbaseinit setup wizard window. From vcenter, convert the virtual machine to template.
Sysprep prepares a windows image to be distributed typically on large scales run before distributing any windows image oobe out of the box experience normally used to let the user customize the system 10. Windows guest initialization with cloudbaseinit in vcenter. I know i have to re sysprep the box, but do i need to uninstall, reboot, install cloudbase init again. Now it is time to show the power of cloudbaseinit in vcenter cloud accounts. Under cloudbase page, stable and beta installers can be found and the service itself is very easy to configure through. On the next boot windows would state that it could not continue, since the initial sysprep was interrupted. Given the increasing demand in automated configurations for virtual instances at an early initialization for windows guests, the open source, apache 2 licensed project called cloudbaseinit has been set out to do just that. Finally, finish the cloudbaseinit installation using the options below. After the cloudbaseinit installation, do not select the option to. If you click finish the windows installation will be prepared for use as an image and the vm will be closed. The cloudbaseprovided image is built using a set of scripts and configuration files that cloudbase has made available on github. The open source project cloudbaseinit is a service conceived and maintained by cloudbase solutions srl, currently working on nt systems.
When the installation is finished, select both run sysprep and shutdown when sysprep terminates. It was designed to initialize and configure guest operating systems under openstack, opennebula, cloudstack, maas and many others. Openstack summit 20 hong kong openstack and windows. Use an existing iso or copy from a cd with dd ifdevcdrom ofimage. The following commandline options are available for sysprep. Duplication, also called imaging, enables you to capture a customized windows image that you can reuse throughout an organization. Alternatively, it is possible to install cloudbaseinit in silent mode unattended. Perform the following sysprep operations on windows. Raw image file for kvm hypervisor for openstack using the autounattend answer file which installs the os, install cloudbase init and then do a sysprep with another unattend answer file. Linux has cloud init which will install packages, store files, and run a bash script from user data. How to create windows openstack images cloudbase solutions. Downloading and installing the latest cloudbaseinit version. The various config options above are used by the cloudbaseinit services and plugins to customize the guest instance user experience. Install the appropriate version of microsoft system preparation sysprep for each guest operating system that you want to customize.
The cloud promised to bring the modern it business to a new level of opportunities. Deploy windows 7 to openstack windows setup error when. Windows 10 hostname cannot be set during sysprep specialize step. Create windows image for openstack on virtual box pandiyan m. Oracle virtual box iso image of the windows os virtio iso driver for windows. Windows cloudinit solution vmware cloud management.
Running windows 7 guests on openstack icehouse cloud ninja. When deployed as a service on windows, cloudbaseinit takes care of all the guest initialization actions. If you want to build a windows image for use in your openstack environment, you can follow the example in the official documentation, or you can grab a windows 2012r2 evaluation prebuilt image from the nice folks at cloudbase. I tried creating a brand new image with no windows updates or sp, no cloudbaseinit. This article discusses an issue that occurs when you remove or update a provisioned microsoft store app by using the microsoft store and then running sysprep on the computer. When you create the network, set the dnsnameservers and. Save the file and finish the cloudbaseinit installation using the options below. Settings for the log file in cloudbaseinitunattend \conf\nf. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. Login to vcenter and create an image for the windows version that you want to use. Depending on the platform, some plugins may request reboots. Once the image is created i use the image to spawn the instances. Once the virtual machine is up and running, login with an rdp client and install cloudbaseinit.
When the installation is done, in the complete the cloudbaseinit setup wizard window, select the run sysprep and shutdown check boxes and click finish. Ok i finally got some things to work using cloudbaseinit 0. Creating windows 7 image setup error on first boot ask. Cloudbaseinit is platform independent and beside the stock windows support, a freebsd fork has been recently published by third parties. Finally cloudbase init windows servers proxmox support forum. If you want to have the batch file created and executed again set the ec2handleuserdata plugin state to enabled. Cloudbaseinit is the windows equivalent of cloudinit. Once the sysprep process is complete, the windows 10. After the sysprep process completes, the virtual machine will shutdown automatically. Sysprep fails after you remove or update microsoft store.
Our aim is to guarantee you the maximum cloud deployment quality, but also to make sure that customers wont need to spend resources on dedicated windows devops for managing windows workloads and assisting clients. Using winscp, download the nvidia sdk drivers and the scw installer from the vmhost. Windows has ec2config but there is currently no support to run a cmd or powershell script when the system is readymeaning that all the initial reboots are completed. Vdi is a great way to enable endusers to take their corporate desktop with them on any device, anywhere in the world. Even though there were limited options for guest initialization until recently, now you can rest assured. The user name is configured at image preparation time and cannot be modified at virtual machine creation time. Windows image with cloudbaseinit morpheus supports provisioning windows images with cloudbaseinit to set user data, network setting and other data at boot time. Were getting quite a few questions about how to set the admin password in openstack windows instances, so lets clarify the available options. Cloudbaseinit is the windows equivalent of the cloudinit project used on most openstack linux images. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation. The cloudbaseinit account of a windows ecs is an internal account. The system preparation sysprep tool prepares an installation of windows for. After all is well, and your windows images are sealed, sysprep ed and cloudbase init has installed and shut down the guest, how do you rearm cloudbase init if you have to power the box back online.
Changed to customize the image during launch with vmware and did not checked config drive. Sysprep is a tool for it administrators who want to prepare an installation of windows for. If you want to deploy windows images, use the latest version of the cloudbaseinit tool while creating the windows image to support the openstack updates related to the network interface management of windows images. Create a virtual machine from the windows image and power it on.
After all is well, and your windows images are sealed, syspreped and cloudbaseinit has. After all is well, and your windows images are sealed, syspreped and cloudbaseinit has installed and shut down the guest, how do you rearm cloudbaseinit if you have to power the box back online. Do not use windows guest customization metadata and cloudbaseinit on the same image. Implemented correctly, it is also a great money saver for enterprises. After the cloudbaseinit installation, do not select the option to run sysprep. The batch file will only be created and executed on the first launch of an instance after a sysprep. The sysprep generalize command removes unique information from your windows installation so that you can safely reuse that image on a different computer.
I ran the same as above, but didnt allow cloudbaseinit to sysprep the windows vm, and found that vio 2. Also integrated are the guest initialization tools cloudbaseinit, security updates, proper performance and security configurations as well as the final sysprep. Image boots, sysprep cloudinit begins but after a while vio shuts down vm and runs guest customization and starts again resulting the vm to halt because the sysprep didnt finish. On the windows start menu, choose control panel programs programs and features and check whether cloudbaseinit is installed. How to create an initializable windows image for vsphere. The next time that you boot the windows image, the specialize configuration pass runs. Windows image preparation for openstack scyld cloud. Alternatively, it is possible to install cloudbaseinit in silent. Back at that time i was an engineer with little it experience, attracted by the big transformations ahead and wondering where is this going to end. Hi my dears now again its easier to built windows openstack vm with virtual box, if you are windows lover, do it from virtual box no need of linux machines. When you create the network, set the dnsnameservers and gateway parameters.
Adding this hack to cloudbaseinit just for a windows version will be hard to maintain in the future. Contentssetup cloudbaseinit in a vcenter windows imagedeploy and customize windows guest instance within vmware cloud assemblysummary in a previous post we showed how to leverage cloudbaseinit to customize windows guest instances provisioned by vmware cloud assembly in an azure cloud account. It was designed for the scenario where the minimum user intervention is required and it only runs the mtu and host name plugins, leaving the image ready for further initialization cases. However, to make this real, you will most certainly find yourself dealing with windows 7 guests and a healthy dose of cloud. Windows guest customization is an alternative to cloudbaseinit. For vrealize automation cloud assembly to initialize a windows machine deployed to vsphere, it needs to be based on a template with cloudbaseinit installed and configured. I also am not seeing the options to specify affinity rules. If a domain account is required for logins, run sysprep on the ecs before using it to create a private image. A windows installer is available to setup the application in a few simple steps, including sysprep integration. Upload the image to openstack with glance lets call it the seed image create an instance based on the image. The following is an example of how to prepare a windows image with cloudbase init and optionally sysprep it. Windows image with cloudbaseinit morpheus docs documentation.
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