Windows 10 + winrm example template for VMware & OpenStack

[Blake Garner]

I have posted a sanitized version of the packer templates for Windows 10 that we use at Adobe. These are created specifically for VMware ESXi and OpenStack/KVM private cloud usage. I wanted to share some code and approaches that are fairly different from the other windows template builds out there. 

https://github.com/trodemaster/packer-win-pc

Cheers,

Blake

@trodemaster

[Steve Bailey]

OK.  I'm having an issue retrofitting this to work with win2012R2.  It gets stuck on waiting for winrm to be available.  I've confirmed that bootstrap-win.ps1 is running.  I've narrowed it down to the fact the host cannot communicate with the guest.  I ping the guest IP from the host and get nothing.  I go in to the guest manually and install VMware tools and then I can communicate with the guest from the host.  So the only thing I can conclude is that the networking isn't configured correctly as part of the autounattend.xml ... I'm attaching my autounattend.xml file for review and comment. 

Steve

[Jordan Borean]

Hey Steve

A few issues with your answer file

* You set the order for the single command to 2, it should start at 1

* When executing a PS script, you either need to set the execution policy to Unrestricted or bypass it when calling the script (-ExecutionPolicy ByPass)

* I don't know whether the script needs input from the user but I would remove it just to be safe

In the end I would change it to;

<FirstLogonCommands>
    <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
        <CommandLine>C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File a:\bootstrap-win.ps1</CommandLine>
        <Description>Bootstrap Windows</Description>
        <Order>1</Order>
    </SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>

As for why you can't ping it, by default Windows Firewall blocks ICMP so it won't reply to a ping. VMWare tools might put in a Firewall rule to allow it but I'm not sure.

Thanks

Jordan

[Steve Bailey]

OK... Making progress but now hit a snag I cannot overcome.

In the windows-update-winrm.ps1 script, there is a call to Get-PackageProvider for NuGet.  We are behind a proxy and I cannot find a way to get this cmdlet to use a proxy.  I've tried every trick I can think of but this just won't acknowledge the http_proxy system variables, the IE settings or anything else.

Anyone have ideas on how to get this to work behind a proxy?

On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 7:28:02 PM UTC-4, Blake Garner wrote:

[Blake Garner]

You might want to just skip NuGet and install the windows update power shell module from a zip file. It’s also possible to install NuGet from a file downloaded from its website as well. Patching the windows images is always the most painful part. I use a offline zip file to patch older versions of windows like 2012r2. Check out wsuoffline.net for the best option I have found. Ok be honest patching older windows is super problematic and painful.

Blake

[engel der]

Thank you very much for sharing. I was wondering why there is no update since 4 years?

[Blake Garner]

I have posted a newer repo with some updates here. https://github.com/trodemaster/packer-windows-10-insider It's a bit of effort to sanaitize our internal packer templates for public consumption. Note that this one does not include the qemu builder but no reason it wouldn't work. 

Blake

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