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OpenStack Caracal : Create Instances (Windows)2024/05/21

 

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/lib/libvirt/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/lib/libvirt/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_4M.secboot.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS_4M.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/lib/libvirt/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/lib/libvirt/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.medium | 8192 |   10 |         0 |     4 | True      |
| 4  | m2.medium | 8192 |   10 |        10 |     4 | True      |
| 5  | m3.medium | 8192 |   50 |         0 |     4 | True      |
+----+-----------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack image list

+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name       | Status |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+
| 7620a182-99f2-4132-9c6e-4b2da962b241 | Ubuntu2404 | active |
| db9ed3a9-81cf-4d2e-86e8-48ee08cc83ce | Win2k22    | active |
+--------------------------------------+------------+--------+

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

+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+
| ID               | Name       | Description      | Project            | Tags |
+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+
| 6a835325-7c60-   | default    | Default security | 18ede7365bdc430093 | []   |
| 4109-8030-       |            | group            | e8fd4a90f77369     |      |
| aaf9c6d499d9     |            |                  |                    |      |
| bfeb7f29-41e4-   | secgroup01 | secgroup01       | 18ede7365bdc430093 | []   |
| 4532-a4a9-       |            |                  | e8fd4a90f77369     |      |
| 31f79c567497     |            |                  |                    |      |
+------------------+------------+------------------+--------------------+------+

ubuntu@dlp ~(keystone)$
openstack network list

+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| ID                             | Name       | Subnets                        |
+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| 8ffae09c-4cf2-4f65-97d4-       | sharednet1 | 6f639fb2-8aa7-46f4-8124-       |
| 8a204e523b7a                   |            | a2eb32d3a8c7                   |
+--------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------+

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 m3.medium --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    |
+-------------+-------------+---------+---------------+------------+-----------+
| ce3e9cf2-   | Windows-    | ACTIVE  | sharednet1=10 | Win2k22    | m3.medium |
| bf87-4c18-  | 2022        |         | .0.0.230      |            |           |
| a1f5-       |             |         |               |            |           |
| daa651df9a3 |             |         |               |            |           |
| 1           |             |         |               |            |           |
| e499117a-   | Ubuntu-2404 | SHUTOFF | sharednet1=10 | Ubuntu2404 | m1.small  |
| 58e4-4c75-  |             |         | .0.0.219      |            |           |
| 9712-       |             |         |               |            |           |
| 836d4fbe557 |             |         |               |            |           |
| 2           |             |         |               |            |           |
+-------------+-------------+---------+---------------+------------+-----------+

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%3D99c657c6 |
|          | -4456-42a0-8800-f48e5b2ccfee                                      |
+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
[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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