Creating Custom Windows Image for Openstack

Creating Custom Windows Images.

Setting up the KVM environment to create the custom images.

Installing Packages # We can do it on Compute 2

yum install kvm qemu-kvm python-virtinst libvirt libvirt-python virt-manager libguestfs-tools

Once the packages are installed we need to get the ISO’s.

Now we need the Virtio Driver’s so that windows can detect unsigned devices like linux from http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/

wget http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/virtio-win-0.1-81.iso

First Create the Disk on which the OS need to be installed

qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o preallocation=metadata windows.qcow2 20G

Start the KVM installation

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -cdrom en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939.iso -drive file=windows.qcow2,if=virtio -drive file=virtio-win-0.1-100.iso,index=3,media=cdrom  -boot d -vga std -k en-us -vnc 10.1.52.42:1 -usbdevice tablet
 
Connect to Installation
Once the above step is done you will be able to connect to VNC using 10.1.52.42:1

You will be connected to VNC and you will be at the installations screen. Click Next to continue

Select Install option to continue with installation.

 

Selecting the Hard disk Driver

While setting the Installation driver we need to load the driver, Select the load driver option and load the driver from the Virto ISO we have mounted

Continue with the installation

  
Once you are done with the installation .The instance will be having Internet connection as you are using default NIC setting so download the Cloud init for windows from
https://github.com/cloudbase/cloudbase-init

To allow Cloudbase-Init to run scripts during an instance boot, set the PowerShell execution policy to be unrestricted:

C:\powershell
C:\Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Download and install Cloudbase-Init:
C:\Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing http://www.cloudbase.it/downloads/CloudbaseInitSetup_Beta_x64.msi -OutFile cloudbaseinit.msi
Shutdown the instance.

Final Configuration

Once installation is completed load the computer with virto NIC with following Command

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -drive file=windows.qcow2,if=virtio -drive file=virtio-win-0.1-100.iso,index=3,media=cdrom  -boot d -vga std -k en-us -vnc 10.1.52.42:1 -usbdevice tablet -net nic,model=virtio

Connect to VNC and add the Virto NIC Driver From Device manager

Enable RDP in the Server.

Installing Cloud init .

Complete the Cloud Init installation
Run the Cloud-init Service to start the installation and Configure it as below.

C:\.\cloudbaseinit.msi
In the configuration options window, change the following settings:
Username: Administrator
Network adapter to configure: Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter
Serial port for logging: COM1
When the installation is done, in the Complete the Cloudbase-Init Setup Wizard window, select the Run Sysprep and Shutdown check boxes and click Finish.

Now the Image is ready for Use.

You can get the windows password by

nova get-password <instance ID> <ssh-key>

Add the image through front end Images >> Create Images