Packer Openstack using Windows(Getting Devices Ready)

[Louis Mayorga]

I have the following template for packer to build an openstack image based on a Windows 2016 Core existing image

{
    "variables": {
      "windows_admin_user": "Administrator",
      "windows_admin_password": "******",
      "source_image": "<source_image_name>",
      "flavor_name": "<flavor_id>",
      "network": "<network-id>"
    },
    "builders": [ {
      "type": "openstack",
      "image_name": "win2016-docker-host",
      "instance_name": "windows-server-2016-docker.temp",
      "insecure": true,
      "availability_zone": "zone1",
      "source_image": "{{user `source_image`}}",
      "communicator": "winrm",
      "flavor": "{{user `flavor_name`}}",
      "networks": "{{user `network`}}",
      "winrm_username": "{{user `windows_admin_user`}}",
      "winrm_password": "{{user `windows_admin_password`}}",
      "winrm_port": 5986,
      "winrm_timeout": "1h",
      "winrm_use_ssl": true,
      "winrm_insecure": true,
      "user_data_file": "bootstrap.ps1",
      "image_disk_format": "qcow2",
      "use_blockstorage_volume": true,
      "volume_type": "datera",
      "volume_size": "80",
      "endpoint_type":"public",
      "image_visibility": "public",
      "security_groups": ["allow-all"],
      "metadata": { "windows_release": "windows2016core",
                    "packer_version": "{{ packer_version }}"
                  }
      }
    ],
    "provisioners": [
    {
        "execute_command": "{{ .Vars }} cmd /c \"{{ .Path }}\"",
        "scripts": [
          "scripts/win/enable-rdp.bat"
        ],
        "type": "windows-shell"
      }
    ]
}

The image is created successfully and I was able to see the details of the openstack image

+------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Field            | Value                                                |
+------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| checksum         | 374787655efc2bedb1070823e1e77534                     |
| container_format | bare                                                 |
| created_at       | 2019-06-05T15:52:37Z                                 |
| disk_format      | qcow2                                                |
| file             | /v2/images/38e9939f-dbe5-4c30-80e6-c4e19ebb7f4e/file |
| id               | 38e9939f-dbe5-4c30-80e6-c4e19ebb7f4e                 |
| min_disk         | 0                                                    |
| min_ram          | 0                                                    |
| name             | win2016-docker-host                                  |
| owner            | 135cd3e82df64f8d91c00f572137794b                     |
| properties       | os_type='windows'                                    |
| protected        | False                                                |
| schema           | /v2/schemas/image                                    |
| size             | 8120369152                                           |
| status           | active                                               |
| updated_at       | 2019-06-05T15:59:49Z                                 |
| virtual_size     | None                                                 |
| visibility       | public                                               |
+------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

 However,

When I create an instance based on the image I get the Windows Getting Devices Ready and it takes forever so far 2 hours.

Any advice will be appreciated.