windows-image.md

Windows OpenStack image creation

OpenStack images for Windows are available from cloudbase.it, including images for Windows Server 2012R2.

Follow the local setup instructions before starting.

Image creation

Download image from the above URL, then run:

openstack image create --file ~/Downloads/windows_server_2012_r2_standard_eval_kvm_20170321.qcow2 --disk-format bare --container-format qcow2 "Windows Server 2012R2"

Test

List available networks:

openstack network list

Set net_id using id for required network (must permit outgoing external connections for downloading packages).

Create a VM using our new image:

openstack server create --image="Windows Server 2012R2" --security-group "$security_group" --nic "net-id=$net_id" --key-name "$ssh_key" --flavor "m1.small"  "test7"

Set test_vm_id using id of created VM.

The Windows image requires the Admin password to be obtained:

nova get-password "$test_vm_id" | base64 -d | openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey "$ssh_private_key_file"

It should now be possible to log on to the OpenStack console for this VM using the username Admin and this password. You can also use PowerShell remoting (RMI) to administer the system with the same credentials.