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This series aims to focus at the Configuration part, mainly in its development phase, but also covers the basics of creating windows Image for experimentation purposes. The idea is to get started experimenting quickly, but I would not use this approach of Image creation for something that needs to be maintained.
The Test-Kitchen framework and its different components makes it very convenient for getting started quickly, easily and making progress iteratively, but I wanted to start from the very beginning, for those who start from scratch with little automation experience.
Below I explain how someone can get started, by creating a base VHD image that will be used for experimentation.
To install WMF5 without thinking too much about it, Ryan Rates created a sweet little script to manage that for you.
As I expect your VM to have Internet Access (through External vSwitch, or NAT) you can simply run it from his Github account.
-WMF5.ps1
Pester is a Test framework for PowerShell.
In Windows 10, WMF 5 and Pester are bundled with the OS by default. But when you have installed the WMF 5 from the MSU, Pester is not present on your system.
WMF 5 includes the PackageManagement module, which is a Package Management Management tool (yes, Management x 2, not a typo).
This module let you interact with the PowerShell Gallery, where Pester is available for download via this tool, although it requires NuGet (another provider) under the hood.
Although it is possible to bake-in all your default configuration in your image, you should be very careful. Whenever you make changes to an image, even if it becomes your base, this is not your starting point. The most un-configured image you get is what is given to you by Microsoft, such as the VHD or better the ISO. This is the RAW state of a machine, or the absolute starting point.
The set of changes you apply to create your base image from RAW should be documented and ideally automatic, because your base is a transitional point between what you get (RAW) and where you want to be (your end state).
The traditional way to automate a Windows Installation (or first run/oobe) is by use of Implicit unattend files (or Autounattend.xml) in one of the default places the installation process is looking for.
Note: WIM files can store several images while reducing footprint via Single-instance storage (data de-duplication). Make sure you refer to the correct one when updating (the index parameter, 1 usually).
When authoring the Unattend.xml files, tiny changes can be done by hand, but more extensive changes might invalidate the XML, breaking the Sysprep or Setup process.
Using the Windows System Image Manager allows easy edit and ensure validity.
One way to go about that is to setup autologon temporarily (using the LogonCount), and create a FirstLogonCommands.
Those scripts will be run as the Administrator and will run after logon but before showing the desktop.
Note: If you add the legal disclaimer before this step, it will block the automation as someone will have to press OK manually before the autologon kicks in. This is why in my Sysprep prepare script, I delete the Registry entry beforehand.
-Force []
Indicates that this cmdlet forces all actions with this cmdlet that can be forced. Currently, this means the
Force parameter acts the same as the ForceBootstrap parameter.
-ForceBootstrap []
Indicates that this cmdlet automatically installs the package provider.