README.md

Packer MAAS Windows

Packer templates, associated scripts, and configuration for creating deployable Windows images for MAAS.

Template and scripts in this repo mostly credited to these repos:

• canonical/packer-maas
• jakobadam/packer-qemu-templates
• joefitzgerald/packer-windows
• cagyirey/packer-windows-imaging-tools
• cloudbase/cloudbase-init
• cloudbase/windows-curtin-hooks

Prerequisites (to create the images)

• A machine running Ubuntu 18.04+ with the ability to run KVM virtual machines.
• qemu-utils
• Packer
• The Windows installation ISO must be downloaded manually and placed it into files folder. You can download it here.
• Windows Curtin Hook and placed it into files folder.
• cloudbase-init and placed it into files folder

Requirements (to deploy the image)

• MAAS 3.2.0 or above

Building an image

Run this following packer command to build the image:

sudo PACKER_LOG=1 packer build windows.json

Uploading an image to MAAS

maas $PROFILE boot-resources \
create name=windows/win2019 \
title='Windows Server 2019 Standard' \
architecture=amd64/generic \
filetype=ddtgz \
content@=windows-2019/standard.tar.gz