Pre-Installed Software

[workema...@gmail.com]

Hello all, 

I am quite new here, was hoping someone could point me the way.

I'm looking to create a script or template or image that i can deploy into Azure easily. It'll be a standard Win2016 Datecenter box with PRTG Probe pre-installed in it. 

I'm having a tonne of trouble doing this. 

I have a great Json script to deploy a server into azure through PS, however i dont know how to make it so i can have the probe pre-installed through that script, so i thought packer might be the better option? 

Has anyone had any previous experience with something similar?

Thank you all. Much appreciated - 

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello.

Packer have providers, there you can run scripts.

Just make sure your script can run and download software and install silently and should be fine.

If you get into issues.

Share what you have done, and the error messages.

Try to do it in stage

get packer template that builds a VM, and then wok on the providers.

Good luck.

Alvaro.

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[workema...@gmail.com]

Thank you very much Alvaro, i appreciate it. I'm glad to hear packer is what I need - 

I'm sorry to ask but would you be able to point me to where these scripts are?

Thank you very much,
Martin

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello

Best suggestion run this tutorial, as is

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/build-image-with-packer

then try different OS.

Don't do many changes try first get something that works.

then start adding what you required.

- change os

- add some provision scripts

- etc

Alvaro

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