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["Brian Schott" <brian.schott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good catch.  Is the license associated with the CloudInit port, or the particular image build, or an issue redistributing Windows?
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While testing our GRID K2 GPU under different hypervisors, we recently built OpenStack Windows images for kvm, xen, xenserver, and hyper-v using the straight windows installer from Windows evaluation ISOs, but they lacked the CloudInit package.  We didn't bother with CloudInit for our testing, but down the road we will need to do that.

What is the appropriate way to build a Windows guest image for bring-your-own-license deployments?

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On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Peter Pouliot <ppouliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> Just to be clear, the Windows 2012 OpenStack Additional available via Cloudbase.it has a very specific license.    Please make sure you are aware prior to using, as it is meant for "OpenStack Testing" and not production workloads.
> p
> From: Openstack [mailto:openstack-bounces+ppouliot=microsoft.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:53 PM
> To: Brian Schott
> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Remote access to the windows virtual machine
> Hi Brian,
> The Windows server 2012 OpenStack edition comes with TCP port 3389 enabled. I don't think we should specify it in the security groups as this is already taken care in the Windows firewall.
> Thanks
> Krishnaprasad
> From: Brian Schott [mailto:brian.schott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2013 23:03
> To: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Remote access to the windows virtual machine
> For windows, you could add TCP port 3389 to your security group and enable remote desktop access in windows.  The VNC console access in Horizon is really intended for administrative/management access rather than production usage.
> Brian
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> Brian Schott, CTO
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> On May 30, 2013, at 3:58 PM, "Narayanan, Krishnaprasad" <narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Hallo All,
> Currently, I use VNC to access the windows virtual machine deployed in OpenStack. But this gives me a smaller view of the Windows GUI or Desktop. Is there any way from the Horizon GUI to have an enlarged view of the Windows Desktop?
> Can I get any suggestions to connect to the windows virtual machine remotely apart from using VNC?
> Thanks
> Krishnaprasad
> From: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
> Sent: Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013 02:42
> To: 'JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso'
> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [Openstack] Windows Image 2008 in OpenStack
> Hi JuanFra,
> Thanks for the suggestion regarding the usage of cloudinit for windows instances.
> For all Stackers - I found this URI<http://www.cloudbase.it/ws2012/> useful where there is a Windows Server 2012 Evaluation image available for download and it can be directly deployed to OpenStack. I was able to download and deploy the image in our ESSEX cloud and create a VM successfully out of the image.
> Thanks
> Krishnaprasad
> From: JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso [mailto:juanfra.rodriguez.cardoso@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Montag, 27. Mai 2013 23:41
> To: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows Image 2008 in OpenStack
> I think a great tool would be Cloudbase's cloud-init for windows instances:
> http://www.cloudbase.it/cloud-init-for-windows-instances/
> Regards,
> ---
> JuanFra
> 2013/5/27 Narayanan, Krishnaprasad <narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Hallo All,
> Can somebody guide me to create a virtual machine using Windows 2008 image?
> Thanks
> Krishnaprasad
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