[Users] Cloud-init for Windows

Tejesh M tejeshmk at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 10:18:55 UTC 2014


Can you guide me on sysprep with sample code & sysprep file?


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 03/27/2014 05:33 AM, Tejesh M wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was doing google to see if i can set Hostname,Password & IP details
>> for Windows server from RHEV-M. I got to know that we can create VM
>> Payload & send that to Windows VM (installed with Cloud-init)
>>
>> Refer this link
>> http://www.cloudbase.it/cloud-init-for-windows-instances/#comment-9411
>>
>> Cloud-init expects Meta-data & User-Data file to be sent either via
>> Config Drive or via HTTP. I'm trying to achive this via ConfigDrive
>> (created using VM Payload).
>>
>
> note you can also just pass the full sysprep file as a payload yourself
> via the API, and set all these items in it.
>
>
>> But i'm wondering what should be the format of this two files (Meta-data
>> & User-data). Have any1  tried this? If yes, would request to share
>> sample for both the files with setting Hostname, Password & IP details.
>>
>
> just launch a linux VM and check the file we create?
>
>
>> Java code:
>>
>>    org.ovirt.engine.sdk.decorators.VM vm1 =  api.getVMs().get(vmName);
>>                Payloads payloads = new Payloads();
>>                Payload payload = new Payload();
>>                payload.setType("cdrom");
>>
>>                Files payloadFiles = new Files();
>>                File payloadFile = new File();
>>                payloadFile.setName("meta-data.txt");
>>                payloadFile.setContent("hostname:"+vmName);
>>                payloadFiles.getFiles().add(payloadFile);
>>                payload.setFiles(payloadFiles);
>>                vm1.setPayloads(payloads);
>>                Action action = new Action();
>>                vm1.start(action);
>>
>> --
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Tejesh
>>
>
>


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Thanks & Regards
Tejesh
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