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OpenStack Caracal : Create Instances (Windows)2024/04/08

 
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.tiny  | 2048 |   10 |         0 |     1 | True      |
| 2  | m1.small | 4096 |   10 |         0 |     2 | True      |
| 3  | m1.large | 8192 |   10 |         0 |     4 | True      |
| 4  | m2.large | 8192 |   50 |         0 |     4 | True      |
+----+----------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack image list

+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Status |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| a4442fac-b3e8-4400-a9c4-8f15daff64cb | Ubuntu2204 | active |
| b90ebc8d-759b-41d4-bde3-7014cf3ce2b0 | Win2k22    | active |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+

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

+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+
| ID               | Name       | Description      | Project            | Tags |
+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+
| 34d3e928-a7d2-   | default    | Default security | d45d0cefc6724cfe95 | []   |
| 4533-b46b-       |            | group            | 103e729e265015     |      |
| c8571faac3e3     |            |                  |                    |      |
| 455943eb-887d-   | secgroup01 | secgroup01       | d45d0cefc6724cfe95 | []   |
| 4758-acff-       |            |                  | 103e729e265015     |      |
| 94af23beecd0     |            |                  |                    |      |
+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack network list

+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| ID                             | Name       | Subnets                        |
+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| 1fdae2b1-50f1-40ae-b362-       | sharednet1 | 798fa9eb-e997-45b3-9701-       |
| 41a42a79933c                   |            | 3e13d12b301a                   |
+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+

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   |
+--------------+--------------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+
| d4b9e072-    | Windows-2022 | ACTIVE  | sharednet1=1 | Win2k22    | m2.large |
| 45df-466c-   |              |         | 0.0.0.207    |            |          |
| be39-        |              |         |              |            |          |
| c0adf0ecdd98 |              |         |              |            |          |
| 4fdf7c7f-    | Ubuntu-2204  | SHUTOFF | sharednet1=1 | Ubuntu2204 | m1.small |
| b8ef-4c46-   |              |         | 0.0.0.216    |            |          |
| a1c4-        |              |         |              |            |          |
| f5a0741a2472 |              |         |              |            |          |
+--------------+--------------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+

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%3Df88def08 |
|          | -320a-422f-bbfe-5164a51b1097                                      |
+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
[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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