RE: Windows Server 2016 Templates for CloudStack

[Paul Angus]

Many moons ago a wrote a little powershell that ran only on first startup which 
grabbed the data and updated the windows box and rebooted it. You have to set 
the security to allow it to run, the script sets it back to default... 
(please don’t judge me).

$DHCP= (ipconfig /all | findstr /C:"DHCP Server").split()[-1]
$DNSSUFFDATA=Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration" | Where 
{$_.DNSDomain -notlike ""} | Select-Object DNSDomain
$DNSSUFF=$DNSSUFFDATA.DNSDomain
$NEWHOSTNAME = Invoke-WebRequest -URI 
http://$DHCP/latest/meta-data/local-hostname -UseBasicParsing
Rename-Computer -NewName $NEWHOSTNAME -Force
netdom computername $NEWHOSTNAME /Add:$NEWHOSTNAME.$DNSSUFF
netdom computername $NEWHOSTNAME /MakePrimary:$NEWHOSTNAME.$DNSSUFF
set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted -scope CurrentUser
Restart-Computer




paul.an...@shapeblue.com 
www.shapeblue.com
53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
@shapeblue
  
 


-Original Message-
From: Andrija Panic  
Sent: 27 July 2018 20:22
To: users 
Subject: Re: Windows Server 2016 Templates for Cloudstack

We are using original one (cloud instance manager) sucessfully - at least on 
older template (from say 8 months ago...) - not sure if versions have been 
changing or not - here is what we use (version check) 
https://snag.gy/prZTPB.jpg so you can try ti compare... Unless some new mega 
security by MS to ban setting pass(I guess you confirmed the service is 
running, after install ?)

Though, hostname is not set indeed - it's random windows style...

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 16:48,  wrote:

> Thank you, I’ll look into it.
>
>
> Simon Völker
> Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
> Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
> Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
> Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
> E-mail: simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>
>
>
>
> Am 27.07.2018 um 11:09 schrieb Dag Sonstebo 
>  <mailto:dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com>>:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> With regards to hostname this should just be a question of setting 
> your Windows template to pick up hostname from DHCP.
>
> Admin passwords – if the existing install doesn’t work you could look 
> at a cloud-init derivative for Windows, looks like 
> https://cloudbase.it/cloudbase-init/ may do the trick?
>
> Regards,
> Dag Sonstebo
> Cloud Architect
> ShapeBlue
>
> On 27/07/2018, 09:53, "simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>"  simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>we are currently updating templates we provide to our customers.
> However, we are running into problems with Windows Server 2016 and the 
> cloudstack functionality of setting an administrator password and a 
> hostname. The CloudInstanceManager we used for older versions does not 
> seem to work anymore. Does anybody know a successor to the Cloud 
> Instance Manager or a workaround to make the functions work in Server 2016?
>
>Regards
>
>Simon Völker
>Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
>Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
>Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
>Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
>E-mail: simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de><mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com<mailto:dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com>
> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
>

-- 

Andrija Panić

Re: Windows Server 2016 Templates for Cloudstack

[Andrija Panic]

We are using original one (cloud instance manager) sucessfully - at least
on older template (from say 8 months ago...) - not sure if versions have
been changing or not - here is what we use (version check)
https://snag.gy/prZTPB.jpg so you can try ti compare... Unless some new
mega security by MS to ban setting pass(I guess you confirmed the
service is running, after install ?)

Though, hostname is not set indeed - it's random windows style...

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 16:48,  wrote:

> Thank you, I’ll look into it.
>
>
> Simon Völker
> Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
> Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
> Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
> Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
> E-mail: simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>
>
>
>
> Am 27.07.2018 um 11:09 schrieb Dag Sonstebo  >:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> With regards to hostname this should just be a question of setting your
> Windows template to pick up hostname from DHCP.
>
> Admin passwords – if the existing install doesn’t work you could look at a
> cloud-init derivative for Windows, looks like
> https://cloudbase.it/cloudbase-init/ may do the trick?
>
> Regards,
> Dag Sonstebo
> Cloud Architect
> ShapeBlue
>
> On 27/07/2018, 09:53, "simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>"  simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>we are currently updating templates we provide to our customers.
> However, we are running into problems with Windows Server 2016 and the
> cloudstack functionality of setting an administrator password and a
> hostname. The CloudInstanceManager we used for older versions does not seem
> to work anymore. Does anybody know a successor to the Cloud Instance
> Manager or a workaround to make the functions work in Server 2016?
>
>Regards
>
>Simon Völker
>Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
>Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
>Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
>Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
>E-mail: simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
>

-- 

Andrija Panić

Re: Windows Server 2016 Templates for Cloudstack

[simon.voelker]

Thank you, I’ll look into it.


Simon Völker
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
E-mail: simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de



Am 27.07.2018 um 11:09 schrieb Dag Sonstebo 
mailto:dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com>>:

Hi Simon,

With regards to hostname this should just be a question of setting your Windows 
template to pick up hostname from DHCP.

Admin passwords – if the existing install doesn’t work you could look at a 
cloud-init derivative for Windows, looks like 
https://cloudbase.it/cloudbase-init/ may do the trick?

Regards,
Dag Sonstebo
Cloud Architect
ShapeBlue

On 27/07/2018, 09:53, 
"simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de" 
mailto:simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de>> wrote:

   Hi,

   we are currently updating templates we provide to our customers. However, we 
are running into problems with Windows Server 2016 and the cloudstack 
functionality of setting an administrator password and a hostname. The 
CloudInstanceManager we used for older versions does not seem to work anymore. 
Does anybody know a successor to the Cloud Instance Manager or a workaround to 
make the functions work in Server 2016?

   Regards

   Simon Völker
   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
   Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
   Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
   Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
   E-mail: 
simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de






dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
@shapeblue

Re: Windows Server 2016 Templates for Cloudstack

[Dag Sonstebo]

Hi Simon,

With regards to hostname this should just be a question of setting your Windows 
template to pick up hostname from DHCP. 

Admin passwords – if the existing install doesn’t work you could look at a 
cloud-init derivative for Windows, looks like 
https://cloudbase.it/cloudbase-init/ may do the trick?

Regards,
Dag Sonstebo
Cloud Architect
ShapeBlue

On 27/07/2018, 09:53, "simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de" 
 wrote:

Hi,

we are currently updating templates we provide to our customers. However, 
we are running into problems with Windows Server 2016 and the cloudstack 
functionality of setting an administrator password and a hostname. The 
CloudInstanceManager we used for older versions does not seem to work anymore. 
Does anybody know a successor to the Cloud Instance Manager or a workaround to 
make the functions work in Server 2016?

Regards

Simon Völker
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.
Abteilung C7 Kommunikationsmanagement
Schloss Birlinghoven IZB, 53754 Sankt Augustin
Telefon: (02241) 14-2311
E-mail: 
simon.voel...@zv.fraunhofer.de






dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com 
www.shapeblue.com
53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
@shapeblue