[TUTORIAL] HOWTO: Scripts to make cloudbase work like cloudinit for your windows based instances
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Would anyone familiar with cloudbase-init be able to test the packaged fix? I tested it a couple of times now but have trouble setting the hostname of the VM, it works when on Mira's (Proxmox) side, maybe I'm missing something, curious about others.
It seems to have made it into the no-subscription repository now, too, after I looked at the code today on one of our no-subscription servers.
What needs testing seems to be:
- Is the hostname of the VM set correctly by cloudbase-init;
- Is the password of the user defined set correctly;
- Is the network configuration set correctly (there seems to be room for more improvement, e.g. multiple nics / dual-stack configs, but the basics work!);
- SSH keys are passed through now, not sure how to test this myself currently.
It seems to have made it into the no-subscription repository now, too, after I looked at the code today on one of our no-subscription servers.
What needs testing seems to be:
- Is the hostname of the VM set correctly by cloudbase-init;
- Is the password of the user defined set correctly;
- Is the network configuration set correctly (there seems to be room for more improvement, e.g. multiple nics / dual-stack configs, but the basics work!);
- SSH keys are passed through now, not sure how to test this myself currently.
If you update to 8.2.4 (available in enterprise repo), you get the patched version from the repository.
Hey,
I’ve installed Windows Server 2025 with Cloudbase Setup. Everything seems to work fine, except that the password set via Cloud-Init isn’t applied. The IPv4 address configured through Cloud-Init works without any issues.
When I start the VM, Windows prompts me to set a new password.
Has anyone encountered this issue before or knows how to fix it?
Additional info:
In Proxmox, the username is set to "Default" by default, while in the Cloudbase Config, it’s set to "Administrator." Even if I change the username in Proxmox to "Administrator," the problem persists.
Thanks in advance!
I’ve installed Windows Server 2025 with Cloudbase Setup. Everything seems to work fine, except that the password set via Cloud-Init isn’t applied. The IPv4 address configured through Cloud-Init works without any issues.
When I start the VM, Windows prompts me to set a new password.
Has anyone encountered this issue before or knows how to fix it?
Additional info:
In Proxmox, the username is set to "Default" by default, while in the Cloudbase Config, it’s set to "Administrator." Even if I change the username in Proxmox to "Administrator," the problem persists.
Thanks in advance!
I haven't tested Windows Server 2025 yet, but did you set the following option in the cloudbase-init.conf [0]?
[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#_preparing_cloudbase_init_templates
first_logon_behavior=no[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#_preparing_cloudbase_init_templates