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OpenStack Epoxy : Create Instances (Windows)2025/05/22
 

Create and Start Virtual Machine Instance that Windows is installed.

[1] Create Windows image on a Compute Node and add it to Glance.
For example on here, it creates Windows Server 2022 image.
Download Windows Server 2022 installation ISO beforehand.
# download VirtIO driver for Windows

[root@dlp ~(keystone)]#
wget https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso -O /home/virtio-win.iso
# install Windows

[root@dlp ~(keystone)]# virt-install \
--name Win2k22 \
--ram 6144 \
--disk path=/var/kvm/images/Win2k22.img,size=40,bus=virtio \
--disk path=/home/virtio-win.iso,device=cdrom \
--vcpus 4 \
--os-variant win2k22 \
--network default,model=virtio \
--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0,password=password \
--video vga \
--cdrom /home/Win2022_EN-US_20348.169.210806-2348.fe.iso
# if enable secure boot, specify like follows

[root@dlp ~(keystone)]# virt-install \
--name Win2k22 \
--ram 6144 \
--disk path=/var/kvm/images/Win2k22.img,size=40,bus=virtio \
--disk path=/home/virtio-win.iso,device=cdrom \
--cpu host-passthrough \
--vcpus=4 \
--os-variant win2k22 \
--network default,model=virtio \
--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0,password=password \
--video virtio \
--cdrom /home/Win2022_EN-US_20348.169.210806-2348.fe.iso \
--features kvm_hidden=on,smm=on \
--boot loader=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
[2] During the installation, load VirtIO driver to detect disks.
Click the [Load driver] link.
[3] Specify a folder under the [virtio-win.iso].
For the case of x64 System, specify the folder [amd64] - [2k22].
After that, proceed installation steps with common procedure.
[4] After finishing installation, logon to the Windows and apply VirtIO driver to the network device.
For others, if you need, apply VirtIO driver to display device and PCI device.
[5] Run PowerShell with admin privilege and change ExecutionPolicy to Unrestricted.
PS > Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
[6] Download and Install CloudbaseInit.
PS > curl.exe -L https://cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_Stable_x64.msi -o cloudbaseinit.msi
PS > ./cloudbaseinit.msi
[7] Check boxes all to shutdown Windows after running Sysprep and Click the [Finish] button.
[8] Add Windows image to Glance.
[root@dlp ~(keystone)]#
openstack image create "Win2k22" --file /var/kvm/images/Win2k22.img --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --public
# if you installed Windows with secure boot, add properties like follows

[root@dlp ~(keystone)]#
openstack image create "Win2k22" --file /var/kvm/images/Win2k22.img --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --public \
--property hw_firmware_type=uefi --property hw_machine_type=q35 --property os_secure_boot=optional

# undefine the VM from the libvirt

[root@dlp ~(keystone)]#
virsh undefine Win2k22

[9] Create Windows instance with an Openstack user.
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack flavor list 

+----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| ID | Name      |   RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| 1  | m1.tiny   |  2048 |   10 |         0 |     1 | True      |
| 2  | m1.small  |  4096 |   10 |         0 |     2 | True      |
| 3  | m1.medium |  8192 |   10 |         0 |     4 | True      |
| 4  | m1.large  | 16384 |   10 |         0 |     8 | True      |
| 5  | m2.large  | 16384 |   10 |        10 |     8 | True      |
| 6  | m2.medium |  8192 |   50 |         0 |     4 | True      |
+----+-----------+-------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack image list 

+--------------------------------------+----------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name           | Status |
+--------------------------------------+----------------+--------+
| 8bbf2495-d1b0-4c12-89d3-bf6ca71b2a2d | CentOS-Stream9 | active |
| 54240097-50e5-415b-b74e-d38273d126be | Win2k22        | active |
+--------------------------------------+----------------+--------+
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack security group list 

+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Description            | Project                          | Tags |
+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| 82973c6c-1439-48eb-bf28-68dcea0b49de | default    | Default security group | 6cd379304e2447da8514a66bb6cdfda5 | []   |
| 8ce2f416-7b9b-4493-a275-1b4ed93c9da5 | secgroup01 | secgroup01             | 6cd379304e2447da8514a66bb6cdfda5 | []   |
+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack network list 

+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Subnets                              |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| 394f7977-0481-4572-b673-f2fc99b683d0 | sharednet1 | 61e6bddb-4856-455f-8760-225ae99a8e1f |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
netID=$(openstack network list | grep sharednet1 | awk '{ print $2 }')
# [admin_pass=***] : set any Administrator password

[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack server create --flavor m2.medium --image Win2k22 --security-group secgroup01 --nic net-id=$netID --property admin_pass="P@ssw0rd01" Windows-2022
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack server list 

+--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+
| ID                                   | Name         | Status  | Networks              | Image          | Flavor    |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+
| a4baa033-976e-4ace-abaf-7b8dc8adcdb2 | Windows-2022 | ACTIVE  | sharednet1=10.0.0.246 | Win2k22        | m2.medium |
| cb0b29ae-0b4d-49a7-9178-caff132586ea | CentOS-9     | SHUTOFF | sharednet1=10.0.0.232 | CentOS-Stream9 | m1.small  |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+
[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$
openstack console url show Windows-2022 

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field    | Value                                                                                         |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| protocol | vnc                                                                                           |
| type     | novnc                                                                                         |
| url      | https://dlp.srv.world:6080/vnc_auto.html?path=%3Ftoken%3D90f02d8d-4e40-423b-8b1d-d46713432f13 |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[10] It needs to change admin password when initial logon.
The current password is the one you set on [openstack server create] command.
[11] That's OK if you logon successfully after changing password.
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