Create your first Windows instance
You have created an Infomaniak Public Cloud project and sourced your credentials ? Then you are ready to create your first Windows instance !
Create a keypair
A keypair is basically a ssh key allowing you to login to your instance.
You can either import your existing ssh key or create a new one. You can refer to this guide
Create an instance
Choose a flavor
$ openstack flavor list
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| ID | Name | RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| 21aad244-a330-4e79-ba80-4c057cf742f9 | a1-ram2-disk20-perf1 | 2048 | 20 | 0 | 1 | True |
| 7918af3e-aa2a-4aa4-976d-9056490a4654 | a4-ram8-disk20-perf1 | 8192 | 20 | 0 | 4 | True |
| a1d6e394-e4db-486b-8091-5d95cfbf3952 | a12-ram24-disk20-perf1 | 24576 | 20 | 0 | 12 | True |
| a35c6646-0f3c-464b-b50d-2a76cad0bd7b | a16-ram32-disk20-perf1 | 32768 | 20 | 0 | 16 | True |
...
| b6b7baeb-2328-48c9-8543-88cccec8ec4b | a2-ram4-disk20-perf1 | 4096 | 20 | 0 | 2 | True |
| cd0483a8-ca2a-466b-89b2-f8d0d005408a | a8-ram16-disk20-perf1 | 16384 | 20 | 0 | 8 | True |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
Choose an image (Operating System)
$ openstack image list
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| ID | Name | Status |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| 35b2590b-a152-40da-b977-1049b8cfcb97 | Alpine Linux 3 | active |
| c25fa783-8d27-496e-a133-026b428a3a4e | Amazon Linux 2 | active |
| 74202036-aa64-45e9-ae91-1a17ef488e81 | Arch Linux | active |
| d423d0b0-f730-457f-9159-be88ce60e943 | CentOS 7 | active |
...
| ff2e2c2f-20d1-49f8-990b-c18e5ccdded5 | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish | active |
| d5d7324d-885f-4d0c-b51c-69a005188ede | Windows Server 2019 Datacenter | active |
| d56eaf8b-bde4-461d-95c8-7a17e71c8d77 | Windows Server 2019 Standard | active |
| 12d9952b-b656-402d-b012-20b16fee193d | Windows Server 2022 Datacenter | active |
| 824aac1f-a860-4ba1-b7d2-e0307217f5c0 | Windows Server 2022 Standard | active |
| 508db510-1c22-4fd2-af36-538ca2ca5d5f | openSUSE Leap 15 JeOS | active |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+--------
Create your instance
$ openstack server create --image "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" --flavor a4-ram8-disk20-perf1 --key-name windows-keypair --network ext-net1 windows-server-vm-1
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | NOSTATE |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state | scheduling |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | building |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | None |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | None |
| accessIPv4 | |
| accessIPv6 | |
| addresses | |
| config_drive | |
| created | 2023-05-25T08:12:34Z |
| flavor | a4-ram8-disk20-perf1 (7918af3e-aa2a-4aa4-976d-9056490a4654) |
| hostId | |
| id | a440ef37-006e-4f0d-8f51-d2f0cf3cddb5 |
| image | Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (12d9952b-b656-402d-b012-20b16fee193d) |
| key_name | windows-keypair |
| name | windows-server-vm-1 |
| progress | 0 |
| project_id | |
| properties | |
| security_groups | name='default' |
| status | BUILD |
| updated | 2023-05-25T08:12:35Z |
| user_id | |
| volumes_attached | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Check your instance is active
$ openstack server show windows-server-vm-1
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | dc3-a-10 |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-000b129f |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | Running |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state | None |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | active |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | 2023-05-25T08:14:31.000000 |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | None |
| accessIPv4 | |
| accessIPv6 | |
| addresses | ext-net1=195.15.255.141, 2001:1600:10:100::87e |
| config_drive | True |
| created | 2023-05-25T08:12:34Z |
| flavor | a4-ram8-disk20-perf1 (7918af3e-aa2a-4aa4-976d-9056490a4654) |
| hostId | |
| id | a440ef37-006e-4f0d-8f51-d2f0cf3cddb5 |
| image | Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (12d9952b-b656-402d-b012-20b16fee193d) |
| key_name | windows-keypair |
| name | windows-server-vm-1 |
| progress | 0 |
| project_id | |
| properties | |
| security_groups | name='default' |
| status | ACTIVE |
| updated | 2023-05-25T08:15:57Z |
| user_id | |
| volumes_attached | |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Firewall
By default, no incoming traffic is allowed to your instance but the outgoing traffic is allowed.
To allow the RDP connection you have to add a rule to the default security group this way :
openstack security group rule create --ingress --protocol tcp --dst-port 3389 --ethertype IPv4 default
More information is available here
Create an instance
Name your instance
Choose an image (Operating System)
Choose a flavor
Select a network
Add a security group
Add your key pair and launch your instance
Check your instance
Retreive administrator password
With Windows instance you can't login with SSH, you must use RDP client with login and password combinaison. By default the username is Administrator but the password is generated during the first boot sequence of the instance. To retreive it you need the private key you are used during the deployement process and enter these commands:
Install or verify you have nova-client installed:
pip3 install python-novaclient
nova get-password <INSTANCE_ID> <PRIVATE_KEY_FILE>