Help with Windows Cloudbase-init Setup

TITUS MAXIMUS

I am curious if anyone has successfully deployed a windows vm with cloudbase-init with a config drive? I have tried a few times with no success. If anyone knows of a guide or has some tips I'd really appreciate it.

olivierlambert

Never tried myself, maybe someone did (since it's already poorly documented on Linux, I can only imagine on Windows )

mtcoffee

I had never heard of Cloudbase-init for Windows until reading this post. I was inspired and found away to get it working with XCP-ng. Hope it helps someone.

Packer/XCP-ng Template for Windows that loads Cloudbase-init
https://github.com/mtcoffee/xcp-ng-packer-examples

Terraform/XCP-ng Template for Windows that leverages Cloudbase-init template
https://github.com/mtcoffee/xcp-ng-terraform-examples

olivierlambert

@mtcoffee would you be interested to write a rather complete guide for that in our official XCP-ng/XO documentation?

mtcoffee

@olivierlambert Sure, happy to do so.