The following is an example of how to prepare a windows image with cloudbaseinit and optionally sysprep it. Windows guest initialization with cloudbaseinit in. Adding cloudbaseinit to windows images ibm knowledge center. Deploy windows 7 to openstack windows setup error when. 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. Under cloudbase page, stable and beta installers can be found and the service itself is very easy to configure through. Downloading and installing the latest cloudbaseinit version.
I know i have to re sysprep the box, but do i need to uninstall, reboot, install cloudbase init again. Oracle virtual box iso image of the windows os virtio iso driver for windows. The following is an example of how to prepare a windows image with cloudbase init and optionally sysprep it. The user name is configured at image preparation time and cannot be modified at virtual machine creation time. Do not use windows guest customization metadata and cloudbaseinit on the same image. From vcenter, convert the virtual machine to template. Check whether the version of the os is windows desktop. Creating windows 7 image setup error on first boot ask. Windows cloudinit solution vmware cloud management.
For details about the impact of running sysprep, see why is sysprep required for creating a private image from a windows ecs. After the cloudbaseinit installation, do not select the option to. When you create the network, set the dnsnameservers and gateway parameters. Using winscp, download the nvidia sdk drivers and the scw installer from the vmhost. Upload the image to openstack with glance lets call it the seed image create an instance based on the image. 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. 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. 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. Finally running sysprep, using cloudbaseinit s unattended.
If a domain account is required for logins, run sysprep on the ecs before using it to create a private image. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. How to create an initializable windows image for vsphere. Also integrated are the guest initialization tools cloudbaseinit, security updates, proper performance and security configurations as well as the final sysprep. 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. 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. 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. All you have to do to prepare an image, is to start a vm with the autounattend. If you want to have the batch file created and executed again set the ec2handleuserdata plugin state to enabled.
Sysprep fails after you remove or update microsoft store. Cloudbaseinit is the windows equivalent of the cloudinit project used on most openstack linux images. After the cloudbaseinit installation, do not select the option to run sysprep. 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. To allow the cloudbaseinit to run scripts during an instance boot. Windows guest customization is an alternative to cloudbaseinit. Tools to automate the creation of a windows image for openstack, supporting kvm, hyperv, esxi and more. Windows 10 hostname cannot be set during sysprep specialize step. When deployed as a service on windows, cloudbaseinit takes care of all the guest initialization actions. Sysprep is a tool for it administrators who want to prepare an installation of windows for. The next time that you boot the windows image, the specialize configuration pass runs.
However, to make this real, you will most certainly find yourself dealing with windows 7 guests and a healthy dose of cloud. A windows installer is available to setup the application in a few simple steps, including sysprep integration. The cloudbaseinit account of a windows ecs is an internal account. Windows image with cloudbaseinit morpheus docs documentation. 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. After the sysprep process completes, the virtual machine will shutdown automatically. Running windows 7 guests on openstack icehouse cloud ninja. Openstack summit 20 hong kong openstack and windows. 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. Updating windows imagesysprep, how to rearm clouldbaseinit. On the next boot windows would state that it could not continue, since the initial sysprep was interrupted. How to create windows openstack images cloudbase solutions. Now it is time to show the power of cloudbaseinit in vcenter cloud accounts.
Login to vcenter and create an image for the windows version that you want to use. When you create the network, set the dnsnameservers and. Even though there were limited options for guest initialization until recently, now you can rest assured. The open source project cloudbaseinit is a service conceived and maintained by cloudbase solutions srl, currently working on nt systems. Creating a windows image for openstack the odd bit. Microsoftbased operating systems have long used security identifiers sids that are uniquely generated and assigned to each computer as part of. Alternatively, it is possible to install cloudbaseinit in silent mode unattended. Now you have a windows image that is switched off, based upon a qcow file which we can upload to openstack. Windows cloudinit solution ten years ago the word cloud was the buzz word in every it conference.
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. Duplication, also called imaging, enables you to capture a customized windows image that you can reuse throughout an organization. Depending on the platform, some plugins may request reboots. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. 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. 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. When the installation is done, in the complete the cloudbaseinit setup wizard window, select the run sysprep and shutdown check boxes and click finish. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation. The system preparation sysprep tool prepares an installation of windows for. 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. It was designed to initialize and configure guest operating systems under openstack, opennebula, cloudstack, maas and many others.
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. The sysprep generalize command removes unique information from your windows installation so that you can safely reuse that image on a different computer. Cloudbaseinit is platform independent and beside the stock windows support, a freebsd fork has been recently published by third parties. The batch file will only be created and executed on the first launch of an instance after a sysprep. After all is well, and your windows images are sealed, syspreped and cloudbaseinit has. I know i have to resysprep the box, but do i need to uninstall, reboot, install cloudbaseinit again. The various config options above are used by the cloudbaseinit services and plugins to customize the guest instance user experience. Perform the following sysprep operations on windows. Create windows image for openstack on virtual box pandiyan m. Once the virtual machine is up and running, login with an rdp client and install cloudbaseinit. The following commandline options are available for sysprep. Use an existing iso or copy from a cd with dd ifdevcdrom ofimage.
Finally cloudbase init windows servers proxmox support forum. On the windows start menu, choose control panel programs programs and features and check whether cloudbaseinit is installed. Cloudbaseinit is the windows equivalent of cloudinit. Ok i finally got some things to work using cloudbaseinit 0.
The cloudbaseprovided image is built using a set of scripts and configuration files that cloudbase has made available on github. Alternatively, it is possible to install cloudbaseinit in silent. Vdi is a great way to enable endusers to take their corporate desktop with them on any device, anywhere in the world. 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.
Windows guest initialization with cloudbaseinit in vcenter. If you click finish the windows installation will be prepared for use as an image and the vm will be closed. Were getting quite a few questions about how to set the admin password in openstack windows instances, so lets clarify the available options. When the installation is finished, select both run sysprep and shutdown when sysprep terminates. The cloud promised to bring the modern it business to a new level of opportunities. You can find the path to the cloudbaseinit log file at the following locations on a windows os. Windows image preparation for openstack scyld cloud. Save the file and finish the cloudbaseinit installation using the options below. Changed to customize the image during launch with vmware and did not checked config drive. Adding this hack to cloudbaseinit just for a windows version will be hard to maintain in the future. Once the image is created i use the image to spawn the instances. Settings for the log file in cloudbaseinitunattend \conf\nf. In the completed the cloudbaseinit setup wizard window. Implemented correctly, it is also a great money saver for enterprises.
Openstack juno windows 2012 std r2 fails after sysprep. Linux has cloud init which will install packages, store files, and run a bash script from user data. I ran the same as above, but didnt allow cloudbaseinit to sysprep the windows vm, and found that vio 2. 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. I tried creating a brand new image with no windows updates or sp, no cloudbaseinit. Install the appropriate version of microsoft system preparation sysprep for each guest operating system that you want to customize. I also am not seeing the options to specify affinity rules. Once the sysprep process is complete, the windows 10. Windows image with cloudbaseinit morpheus supports provisioning windows images with cloudbaseinit to set user data, network setting and other data at boot time.
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