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Example Packer configuration files for creating a Windows 10 VM on QEMU/KVM/libvirt.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> | |
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> | |
<settings pass="windowsPE"> | |
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> | |
<SetupUILanguage> | |
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> | |
</SetupUILanguage> | |
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> | |
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> | |
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> | |
</component> | |
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> | |
<DiskConfiguration> | |
<Disk wcm:action="add"> | |
<CreatePartitions> | |
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> | |
<Order>1</Order> | |
<Type>Primary</Type> | |
<Extend>true</Extend> | |
</CreatePartition> | |
</CreatePartitions> | |
<ModifyPartitions> | |
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> | |
<Active>true</Active> | |
<Extend>false</Extend> | |
<Format>NTFS</Format> | |
<Letter>C</Letter> | |
<Order>1</Order> | |
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID> | |
<Label>Windows 10</Label> | |
</ModifyPartition> | |
</ModifyPartitions> | |
<DiskID>0</DiskID> | |
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> | |
</Disk> | |
</DiskConfiguration> | |
<ImageInstall> | |
<OSImage> | |
<InstallTo> | |
<DiskID>0</DiskID> | |
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID> | |
</InstallTo> | |
</OSImage> | |
</ImageInstall> | |
<UserData> | |
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> | |
<FullName>Packer Admin</FullName> | |
<Organization></Organization> | |
<ProductKey> | |
<Key>W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX</Key> | |
</ProductKey> | |
</UserData> | |
</component> | |
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> | |
<DriverPaths> | |
<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1"> | |
<Path>E:\NetKVM\w10\amd64\</Path> | |
</PathAndCredentials> | |
<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="3"> | |
<Path>E:\viostor\2k16\amd64\</Path> | |
</PathAndCredentials> | |
</DriverPaths> | |
</component> | |
</settings> | |
<settings pass="oobeSystem"> | |
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> | |
<UserAccounts> | |
<LocalAccounts> | |
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> | |
<Password> | |
<Value>packer</Value> | |
<PlainText>true</PlainText> | |
</Password> | |
<Description></Description> | |
<DisplayName>Packer Admin</DisplayName> | |
<Group>Administrators</Group> | |
<Name>packer</Name> | |
</LocalAccount> | |
</LocalAccounts> | |
</UserAccounts> | |
<AutoLogon> | |
<Password> | |
<Value>packer</Value> | |
<PlainText>true</PlainText> | |
</Password> | |
<Enabled>true</Enabled> | |
<Username>packer</Username> | |
</AutoLogon> | |
<OOBE> | |
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> | |
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> | |
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> | |
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> | |
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> | |
</OOBE> | |
<FirstLogonCommands> | |
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> | |
<CommandLine>cmd.exe /c powershell -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force"</CommandLine> | |
<Description>Set Execution Policy 64 Bit</Description> | |
<Order>1</Order> | |
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput> | |
</SynchronousCommand> | |
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> | |
<CommandLine>cmd.exe /c powershell -File a:\fixnetwork.ps1</CommandLine> | |
<Description>Fix public network</Description> | |
<Order>2</Order> | |
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput> | |
</SynchronousCommand> | |
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> | |
<CommandLine>cmd.exe /c powershell -File "a:\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"</CommandLine> | |
<Description>Enable WinRM</Description> | |
<Order>3</Order> | |
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput> | |
</SynchronousCommand> | |
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> | |
<CommandLine>cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff"</CommandLine> | |
<Description>Network prompt</Description> | |
<Order>4</Order> | |
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput> | |
</SynchronousCommand> | |
</FirstLogonCommands> | |
</component> | |
</settings> | |
<settings pass="specialize"> | |
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> | |
<ComputerName>Win10-Packer</ComputerName> | |
<ProductKey>W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX</ProductKey> | |
</component> | |
</settings> | |
</unattend> |
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{ | |
"builders": | |
[ | |
{ | |
"vm_name": "windows-10", | |
"type": "qemu", | |
"accelerator": "kvm", | |
"cpus": 1, | |
"memory": 4096, | |
"disk_size": 15360, | |
"iso_url": "Win10_1909_English_x64.iso", | |
"iso_checksum": "86c16116ebacf9b29e4766dd479b5a79", | |
"iso_checksum_type": "md5", | |
"floppy_files": | |
[ | |
"autounattend.xml", | |
"fixnetwork.ps1", | |
"ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1" | |
], | |
"output_directory": "qemu-drives", | |
"qemuargs": | |
[ | |
[ "-drive", "file=qemu-drives/{{ .Name }},if=virtio,cache=writeback,discard=ignore,format=qcow2,index=1" ], | |
[ "-drive", "file=./virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom,index=3" ] | |
], | |
"communicator": "winrm", | |
"winrm_username": "packer", | |
"winrm_password": "packer", | |
"winrm_use_ssl": "true", | |
"winrm_insecure": "true", | |
"winrm_timeout" : "1h", | |
"shutdown_command": "shutdown /s /t 30 /f", | |
"shutdown_timeout": "15m" | |
} | |
] | |
} |
One other change which came in later was a simplification of the qemuargs
-drive
entries. In the early days if you added a -drive
entry for the CDROM drive where the virtio
drivers were located you also had to manually add any other -drive
entries, such as for the main HDD. In later versions you can use -cdrom
instead and let packer
control the entry for the HDD:
"qemuargs":
[
[ "-cdrom", "./virtio-win.iso" ]
],
To enable remote access via SSH (as well as, or instead of PowerShell remoting) you can add the following to autounattend.xml
:
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>powershell -c "Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0"</CommandLine>
<Description>Install OpenSSH server</Description>
<Order>13</Order>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>powershell -c "Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType Automatic"</CommandLine>
<Description>Set OpenSSH service to autostart</Description>
<Order>14</Order>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<CommandLine>powershell -c "Start-Service sshd"</CommandLine>
<Description>Start OpenSSH server</Description>
<Order>15</Order>
<RequiresUserInput>true</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
To enable a shared clipboard between host and guest when using the console, e.g. via virt-manager
you need to install the SPICE agent:
{
"type": "powershell",
"inline":
[
"$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'",
"# Install SPICE agent for shared clipboard",
"(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/vdagent/vdagent-win-0.10.0/spice-vdagent-x64-0.10.0.msi', 'spice-vdagent.msi')",
"Start-Process -FilePath msiexec -ArgumentList '/i spice-vdagent.msi /qn /norestart' -NoNewWindow -Wait",
"Remove-Item spice-vdagent.msi"
]
},
If you prefer to use the Git for Windows Bash implementation for the Windows-side shell for SSH you can enable it like so:
{
"type": "powershell",
"inline":
[
"$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'",
"# Install Chocolatey package manager",
"Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))",
"# Install git",
"choco install git -y"
"# Set bash as OpenSSH shell (as last step, in order not to interfere with powershell provisioners above)",
"Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\OpenSSH -Name DefaultShell -Value 'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe' -Force"
]
}
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Note: all the changes listed in these subsequent comments were the work of https://github.com/kinke, not me, so please thank him 🙂 .
The following changes were made to the above config files when switching to booting via UEFI:
Host
If you're building on Ubuntu you'll need the firmware package:
Packer
For the
packer
config we need to explicitly state what bios we're using (this assumes an Ubuntu based host) and also during boot time when no OS is initially installed we need to "press theenter
key":Note; the timing on how to long to wait before sending the keypress is quite sensitive, you can't be too quick or too slow. Also the
machine_type
may be unrelated, we were usinglibvirt
to launch our VMs and this brought the defaults betweenpacker
andlibvirt
in-line.autounattend.xml
The biggest change when switching to UEFI is the layout of the disk. Without it we have a single partition but with it we have many little partitions before the main one where we install the OS: