We can use the Windows Node Dashboard to verify the metrics: -. Alternatively you can use this dashboard, which has now been updated to use the Windows Exporter metric naming i.
Using Cloudbase-Init, it is possible to customize a Windows image when it starts for the first time, allowing you to bootstrap a machine ready to be used in your environment. As we have also seen, it is not without caveats currently.
Some of this is down to Proxmox in how it presents Cloud-Init data, some of it is down to the Cloudbase-Init utility that is expecting configuration in a certain format but could potentially be in multiple formats i. Over time these will improve, as issues have been raised for all of these cases. This should not discourage you from using any of these tools, as all of them together bring Windows deployment on Proxmox on par with Linux in terms of bootstrapping and Terraform usage.
Cloudbase-Init was initially created for use with OpenStack, and the fact it works with other providers and infrastructure is a nice bonus. Cloudbase-Init Cloudbase-Init is written in Python, and was originally developed to allow customization of Windows images on OpenStack. This is because Windows does not include the VirtIO drivers by default: - We can resolve this by clicking on Load Driver , which will give the option to browse for drivers: - Navigate to the driver with the virtio-win The main ones to install are: - Balloon - This allows for dynamic memory management, optimizing memory usage where appropriate NetKVM - This installs the network drivers for the VirtIO network card qxldod - If you require graphics drivers vioserial - This installs serial drivers, which we will need to use later for Cloudbase-Init mainly for logging You can choose to install the drivers later, using either the GUI if you chose the desktop experience, or using pnputil if using Server Core.
Once done, click Next to finish the installation: - Once Windows is installed and restarted, you will be given the option to create a password for the Administrator user: - Unlock the instance using Ctrl, Alt and Delete Proxmox Ctrl, Alt and Delete in NoVNC Confirm changing of the password Change the password Logged in as the Administrator At this point, we are now ready to customize the image.
Customization To prepare the image, the minimum we require for Cloud-Init is the Cloudbase-Init utility. Disable the firewall and enable RDP While most tasks can be completed using Powershell in Windows Core, there is no inbuilt text editor. You can also use the sconfig tool to enable RDP as well: - Installing Cloudbase-Init To install Cloudbase-Init, go to the Cloudbase-Init product page, scroll down to Downloads, and choose the version appropriate for your environment.
The following steps will download and then install Cloudbase-Init: - You can install Cloudbase-Init interactively and follow the on-screen instructions to customize the configuration. We can check that it is installed using: - Configuring Cloudbase-Init The default configuration files for Cloudbase-Init enable a number of different metadata services, most of which are not applicable to Proxmox.
The following configuration files tell Cloudbase-Init to use the ConfigDrive2 format for user-data the default format for a Windows guest on Proxmox , and enables the plugins required to make changes to the network, files and source changes from user-data: - C:Program FilesCloudbase Solutionscloudbase-initconfcloudbase-init. Proxmox Virtio Drivers Windows 10 The included Unattend file looks like the below: - To start the sysprep process using this Unattend file, run: - This will prepare the instance and tell the system to run cloudbase-init.
Creating a template There are two ways to convert the machine into a template in Proxmox. The first is to right click on the created machine, and select Convert to template : - The other is to find the ID of the machine in the Proxmox CLI, and then do the following: - We can now use this template when defining an instance within Terraform Terraform Create the Cloud-Init template The first step to building an instance using Terraform is to prepare the Cloud-Init template.
The basic template we are going to use looks like the below: - We use a feature called multi-part content to leverage both cloud-config and Powershell to configure the instance.
Other than this, we should now be able to build a Windows instance. Build the instance Now that we have defined the instance within Terraform, we can go ahead and build it: - The last part of this is due to running the Qemu Guest Agent. However if we look in the Terraform state, we are still managing this machine: - Proxmox Install Virtio Drivers Windows 10 We can also verify it exists in the Proxmox console: - It appears that while the terraform apply operation produces an error, it is after all configuration has taken place.
You can then verify with a terraform plan that instance matches what we defined: - Alternatively, if you do not install the Qemu Guest Agent, then the Terraform provider will complete without issues. We use Salt to: - Deploy Consul as an agent Register with the Consul server the Salt server Deploy the Windows Exporter so that Prometheus can monitor the instance As per the previous post, we also run a highstate i.
Accept the key To accept the minion on the master, we need to check that it has registered first: - Now we can accept the key: - We can check what states will be applied to this minion as well: - Verify the highstate As mentioned, the Minion configuration specifies that it will run a highstate when the key is accepted.
Your VM should now have a working network connection. If you see any other unrecognized devices in the Driver Manager of your Windows VM, you can install drivers for them the same way. Thanks for reading this article. I was born in Bangladesh. To do that, visit the Official Fedora Virtio Driver download page.
Once the page loads, navigate to the Direct downloads section and download the stable virtio-win. But I could use some help. Some of the technologies at play here are still a little foreign to me. I apologize if I'm a little wordy here. First some details:Version: Proxmox VE 4. Thread amd rx drivers gpu passthrough ovmf pve 4.
How to install Liquid Cooling Drivers? USB passthrough do not work for some reason and I would like to control it from host anyway. I am having trouble getting my NIC drivers compiled and installed with proxmox. You can download the latest stable or you can download the most recent build of the ISO. Normally the drivers are pretty stable, so one should try out the most recent release first. You can also just download the most recent virtio-win-gt-x
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