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OpenStack Antelope : Create Instances (Windows)2023/03/24

 
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/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.ms.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

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

+----+----------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| ID | Name     |  RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+----+----------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| 1  | m1.small | 2048 |   10 |         0 |     1 | True      |
| 2  | m1.large | 8192 |   10 |        10 |     4 | True      |
| 3  | m2.large | 8192 |   50 |         0 |     4 | True      |
+----+----------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack image list

+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Status |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| 00ea6e97-0e97-4cb4-8ac4-2409c28f0289 | Ubuntu2204 | active |
| 04410905-df33-4cc0-be6a-9e7fc25df1fb | Win2k22    | active |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack security group list

+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Description            | Project                          | Tags |
+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+
| b809acce-64de-4046-8a1f-06d95eceb58e | default    | Default security group | e294bd7c00314facacdb46c36fb54ee9 | []   |
| e83d8274-155f-4539-8b78-19b301991965 | secgroup01 | secgroup01             | e294bd7c00314facacdb46c36fb54ee9 | []   |
+--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack network list

+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Subnets                              |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| 4d763597-75b9-48d0-b04f-6e43332a135a | sharednet1 | 26cc3361-7bba-4f48-82b5-766b78018f73 |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
netID=$(openstack network list | grep sharednet1 | awk '{ print $2 }')
# [admin_pass=***] : set any Administrator password

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

+--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+-----------------------+---------+----------+
| ID                                   | Name         | Status | Networks              | Image   | Flavor   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+-----------------------+---------+----------+
| 68d1d427-e9b9-477b-8f19-81106599a193 | Windows-2022 | ACTIVE | sharednet1=10.0.0.240 | Win2k22 | m2.large |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+--------+-----------------------+---------+----------+

ubuntu@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%3Dc05f2834-3d17-452f-8405-2415df3f1d82 |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
[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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