OpenStack Caracal : Create Instances (Windows)2024/08/06 |
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Create and Start Virtual Machine Instance that Windows is installed. |
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| [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. |
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# 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
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| [2] | During the installation, load VirtIO driver to detect disks. Click the [Load driver] link. |
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| [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. |
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| [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. |
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| [5] | Run PowerShell with admin privilege and change ExecutionPolicy to Unrestricted. PS > Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
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| [6] | Download and Install CloudbaseInit. PS > curl.exe -L https://cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_Stable_x64.msi -o cloudbaseinit.msi PS > ./cloudbaseinit.msi |
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| [7] | Check boxes all to shutdown Windows after running Sysprep and Click the [Finish] button. |
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| [8] | Add Windows image to Glance. |
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[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. |
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[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 | +--------------------------------------+----------------+--------+ | cfa9783d-ca91-4e3b-8016-81e3336bd5f0 | CentOS-Stream9 | active | | 0cc6eb3f-929b-4f92-a858-05f3b964b7ea | Win2k22 | active | +--------------------------------------+----------------+--------+[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$ openstack security group list +--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ | ID | Name | Description | Project | Tags | +--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ | d5d3512c-720d-4899-89d6-cca61c92bf7b | secgroup01 | secgroup01 | 03a31c43ede44dcbaacb05c870920e81 | [] | | f7e1a959-708b-4a3f-8cd7-29775c1693b3 | default | Default security group | 03a31c43ede44dcbaacb05c870920e81 | [] | +--------------------------------------+------------+------------------------+----------------------------------+------+[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$ openstack network list +--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+ | ID | Name | Subnets | +--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+ | 03d69fb5-74c0-4273-874e-e2fd0af17339 | sharednet1 | cff78758-3fdc-450c-9cec-3b8b3b6cb44b | +--------------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+
[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=$netID --property admin_pass="P@ssw0rd01" Windows-2022
openstack server list +--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+ | ID | Name | Status | Networks | Image | Flavor | +--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+ | 4a4370b3-b3bc-4af2-81a1-aec469859003 | Windows-2022 | ACTIVE | sharednet1=10.0.0.239 | Win2k22 | m2.medium | | 3692b2c3-4378-4285-930d-b0cf4d765d66 | CentOS-St9 | SHUTOFF | sharednet1=10.0.0.213 | CentOS-Stream9 | m1.small | +--------------------------------------+--------------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------+[cent@dlp ~(keystone)]$ openstack console url show Windows-2022 +----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | protocol | vnc | | type | novnc | | url | https://dlp.srv.world:6080/vnc_auto.html?path=%3Ftoken%3D138118c3-f0c2-4a30-8263-5608cc7eb5c9 | +----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| [10] | It needs to change admin password when initial logon. The current password is the one you set on [openstack server create] command. |
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| [11] | That's OK if you logon successfully after changing password. |
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