----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Vladu" <avl...@cloudbasesolutions.com> > To: openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org > Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 7:50:01 AM > Subject: [Openstack-operators] FW: Can Windows 8, Windows Server 2003 and > Windows Server 2008 be deployed on > openstack kilo > > Hello, > > Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 Standard can be deployed on OpenStack with > KVM (QEMU is not supported) as a hypervisor, if you have the required > Windows CPU flags exposed to the virtual machine. “os-variant” is irrelevant > in the OpenStack case, as this is a virt-install terminology.
I wouldn't go as far as to say this is irrelevant, in that you do still need to use the image properties (as covered in the blog Tim provided) to enable the Hyper-V enlightenment features that Libvirt/QEMU is able to support for Windows guests - which is in effect doing the same thing as using the equivalent os-variant values with virt-install. -Steve > OpenStack uses libvirt as a driver, and the cpu_model and cpu_flags are the > important configuration options in this case. More info here: > https://ask.cloudbase.it/question/1125/problem-booting-from-the-windows-2012-r2-image/ > > On OpenStack, you can use Cloudbase-init as the provisioning agent for the > Windows instances in the same way you use cloud-init for the Linux ones: > https://github.com/openstack/cloudbase-init > > Windows Server 2003 is not supported anymore by MSFT: > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-2003 > AFAIK, Windows 2003 instances can work on KVM and the Fedora VirtIO drivers > for this OS are still being offered in the stable releases: > https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.126-2/ > > Thank you, > Adrian Vladu > From: Tim Bell [mailto:tim.b...@cern.ch] > Sent: luni, 3 aprilie 2017 14:13 > To: openstack-operators > <openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>> > Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] Can Windows 8, Windows Server 2003 and > Windows Server 2008 be deployed on openstack kilo > > The metadata settings on the images is important to inform KVM of the guest > operating system. We’ve put our experiences with a recent issue at > https://openstack-in-production.blogspot.ch/2017/02/ostype-property-for-windows-images-on.html > > Tim > > From: "Van Leeuwen, Robert" > <rovanleeu...@ebay.com<mailto:rovanleeu...@ebay.com>> > Date: Monday, 3 April 2017 at 12:54 > To: Anwar Durrani <durrani.an...@gmail.com<mailto:durrani.an...@gmail.com>>, > openstack-operators > <openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>> > Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] Can Windows 8, Windows Server 2003 and > Windows Server 2008 be deployed on openstack kilo > > Hello, > > Its not really OpenStack related but it depends on your virtualization stack. > Assuming its OpenStack with KVM: > https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status#Windows_Family > > Note that you might have some interesting times with the licensing. > From what I have understood (I am not a license specialist so take this with > a pile of salt): > You must have a Windows (datacenter?) license per hypervisor that can > potentially run Windows instances. > > Cheers, > Robert > > > From: Anwar Durrani <durrani.an...@gmail.com<mailto:durrani.an...@gmail.com>> > Date: Monday, April 3, 2017 at 11:35 AM > To: openstack-operators > <openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org>> > Subject: [Openstack-operators] Can Windows 8, Windows Server 2003 and Windows > Server 2008 be deployed on openstack kilo > > Hi Team, > > I am curious to know if Windows 8 Pro, Windows Server 2003 Std and Windows > Server 2008 Std can be deployed to openstack or not ? if Yes then what would > be os-variant for the same ? > > -- > Thanks & regards, > Anwar M. Durrani > +91-9923205011 > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > -- Steve Gordon, Principal Product Manager, Red Hat OpenStack Platform _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators