Signed-off-by: Mira Limbeck <m.limb...@proxmox.com> --- 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 <password> +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
