Overview

This document describes how to install Cloudbase-Init on the Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit operating system.

Required Software

The following table describes the software required for installing Cloudbase-Init.

Directions

Installing Cloudbase-Init

1. On the desktop, double-click the Cloudbase-Init installation package.
2. In the dialog box, click Run to enter the Cloudbase-Init setup wizard, as shown below:
   
3. Click Next.
4. Check I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next for the following two operations.
5. On the Configuration options page, set Serial port for logging to COM1, select Run Cloudbase-Init service as LocalSystem and click Next, as shown below:
   
6. Click Install.
7. When the installation is completed, click Finish to close the Cloudbase-Init setup wizard, as shown below:

   When closing the Cloudbase-Init setup wizard, do not check any checkbox or run Sysprep.

   

Modifying the Cloudbase-Init configuration file

1. Open the cloudbase-init.conf configuration file.
   The cloudbase-init.conf configuration file is saved in C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\conf by default.
2. Replace content in the cloudbase-init.conf configuration file with the following:

   [DEFAULT]
   username=Administrator
   groups=Administrators
   inject_user_password=true
   config_drive_raw_hhd=true
   config_drive_cdrom=true
   config_drive_vfat=true
   bsdtar_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\bsdtar.exe
   mtools_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\
   metadata_services=cloudbaseinit.metadata.services.configdrive.ConfigDriveService
   plugins=cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.extendvolumes.ExtendVolumesPlugin,cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.networkconfig.NetworkConfigPlugin,cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.sethostname.SetHostNamePlugin,cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.setuserpassword.SetUserPasswordPlugin,cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.localscripts.LocalScriptsPlugin,cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.userdata.UserDataPlugin
   verbose=true
   debug=true
   logdir=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log\
   logfile=cloudbase-init.log
   default_log_levels=comtypes=INFO,suds=INFO,iso8601=WARN,requests=WARN
   logging_serial_port_settings=COM1,115200,N,8
   mtu_use_dhcp_config=true
   ntp_use_dhcp_config=true
   first_logon_behaviour=no
   netbios_host_name_compatibility=false
   allow_reboot=false
   activate_windows=true
   kms_host="kms.tencentyun.com"
   local_scripts_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\LocalScripts\

3. Copy the TencentCloudRun.ps1 script to C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\LocalScripts.
4. Right-click the TencentCloudRun.ps1 script, select Properties, and check for its executable permission in the pop-up window, as shown below:
   

• Check Unblock and click OK.
• Skip this step if the Unblock option does not exist.

5. Replace localscripts.py in C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\Python\Lib\site-packages\cloudbaseinit\plugins\common with the localscripts.py file in Required Software.