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["Narayanan, Krishnaprasad" <narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Currently, we are trying to deploy a windows image on our OpenStack cloud for testing biological softwares for the students at our University. Is it possible to extend the license?
How to have a licensed version of the Windows 2012 Server Image with the cloud init package?

From: Peter Pouliot [mailto:ppouliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Samstag, 1. Juni 2013 06:54
To: Brian Schott
Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Narayanan, Krishnaprasad
Subject: RE: [Openstack] Remote access to the windows virtual machine

Actually images for those  hypervisors should already be on the Cloudbase site and I encourage you to use those.

I have some puppet modules that are still work in progress for automating the Windows adk and deployment process.  But you are more than welcome to check them out.


Https://github.com/ppouliot/ppouliot-petools

This builds a fresh winpe image and files necessary to Pxe on a Windows instance via the adk dynamically.

Also

Https://github.com/ppouliot/ppouliot-quartermaster

Is my Pxe infrastructure including Windows unattended puppet templates.

Feel free to check them out.   Also I'm more than happy to discuss further if interested.

Please don't hesitate to contact me directly.



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From: Brian Schott <brian.schott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:brian.schott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: 05/31/2013 7:21 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Peter Pouliot <ppouliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ppouliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,Krishnaprasad<mailto:openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,Krishnaprasad> Narayanan <narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:narayana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: RE: [Openstack] Remote access to the windows virtual machine

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<mailto: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<mailto: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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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,
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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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