From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2642C1FF2CE for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2024 17:12:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 192A032425; Tue, 9 Jul 2024 17:12:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Mira Limbeck To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 17:12:19 +0200 Message-Id: <20240709151219.346691-2-m.limbeck@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 In-Reply-To: <20240709151219.346691-1-m.limbeck@proxmox.com> References: <20240709151219.346691-1-m.limbeck@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.583 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY 1 Sending domain does not have any anti-forgery methods RDNS_NONE 0.793 Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_NONE 0.001 SPF: sender does not publish an SPF Record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs] cloudinit: add Windows cloudbase-init section X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Proxmox VE development discussion Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: pve-devel-bounces@lists.proxmox.com Sender: "pve-devel" Signed-off-by: Mira Limbeck --- qm-cloud-init.adoc | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) diff --git a/qm-cloud-init.adoc b/qm-cloud-init.adoc index 8686ed7..4baab31 100644 --- a/qm-cloud-init.adoc +++ b/qm-cloud-init.adoc @@ -169,6 +169,85 @@ qm cloudinit dump 9000 user The same command exists for `network` and `meta`. +Cloud-Init on Windows +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +There is a reimplementation of Cloud-Init available for Windows called +https://cloudbase.it/[cloudbase-init]. Not every feature of Cloud-Init is +available with cloudbase-init, and some features differ compared to Cloud-Init. + +cloudbase-init requires both `ostype` set to any Windows version and the +`citype` set to `configdrive2`, which is the default with any Windows +`ostype`. + +There are no ready-made cloud images for Windows available for free. Using +cloudbase-init requires manually installing and configuring a Windows guest. + + +Preparing cloudbase-init Templates +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The first step is to install Windows in a VM. Download and install +cloudbase-init in the guest. It may be necessary to install the Beta version. +Don't sysprep at the end of the installation. Instead configure cloudbase-init +first. + +A few common options to set would be: + +* 'username': This sets the username of the administrator + +* 'groups': This allows one to add the user to the `Administrators` group + +* 'inject_user_password': Set this to `true` to allow setting the password +in the VM config + +* 'first_logon_behaviour': Set this to `no` to not require a new password on +login + +* 'rename_admin_user': Set this to `true` to allow renaming the default +`Administrator` user to the username specified with `username` + +Some plugins, for example the SetHostnamePlugin, require reboots and will do +so automatically. To disable automatic reboots by cloudbase-init, you can set +`allow_reboot` to `false`. + +A full set of configuration options can be found in the +https://cloudbase-init.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html[official +cloudbase-init documentation] + +It can make sense to make a snapshot after configuring in case some parts of +the config still need adjustments. +After configuring cloudbase-init you can start creating the template. Shutdown +the Windows guest, add a Cloud-Init disk and make it into a template. + +---- +qm set 9000 --ide2 local-lvm:cloudinit +qm template 9000 +---- + +Clone the template into a new VM: + +---- +qm clone 9000 123 --name windows123 +---- + +Then set the password, network config and SSH key: + +---- +qm set 123 --cipassword +qm set 123 --ipconfig0 ip=10.0.10.123/24,gw=10.0.10.1 +qm set 123 --sshkey ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub +---- + +Make sure that the `ostype` is set to any Windows version before setting the +password. Otherwise the password will be encrypted and cloudbase-init will use +the encrypted password as plaintext password. + +When everything is set, start the cloned guest. On the first boot the login +won't work and it will reboot automatically for the changed hostname. +After the reboot the new password should be set and login should work. + + Cloud-Init specific Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.39.2 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel