WinRM and vmWare Example for New Comers

[LukB4ULeap]

Any Example of a Full Fledged working WinRM for Windows using vmware would be great for start. Do we have one as a starting point?. My attempt in doing this resulted in VMware giving a weird Canceled Error for whatever reason. win7.docx

[Real2014]

Where can I find the configure-winrm.ps1 File?

[LukB4ULeap]

I found this one online

Supress network location Prompt

New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff" -Force

Set network to private

$ifaceinfo = Get-NetConnectionProfile Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex $ifaceinfo.InterfaceIndex -NetworkCategory Private

Set up WinRM and configure some things

winrm quickconfig -q winrm s "winrm/config" '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}' winrm s "winrm/config/winrs" '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="2048"}' winrm s "winrm/config/service" '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}' winrm s "winrm/config/service/auth" '@{Basic="true"}'

Enable the WinRM Firewall rule, which will likely already be enabled due to the 'winrm quickconfig' command above

Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Windows Remote Management (HTTP-In)"

sc.exe config winrm start= auto

exit 0

[Real2014]

Thanks, i will try out :)

[joefitzgerald]

https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows/pull/181

[LukB4ULeap]

Joe Can I get a full working example of Packer Win 7 with vmware and winRM I have been struggling since time immemorial. I get "waiting for WinRM availability" and after a few hours Timesout. Wonder what's wrong in my sequence. Here is the full sample { "variables": { "iso_path": "./iso/en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677332.iso", "iso_md5": "C9F7ECB768ACB82DAACF5030E14B271E" },

"builders": [
    {
        "type": "vmware-iso",
        "communicator": "winrm",
        "disk_size": 61440,
        "floppy_files": [
            "Autounattend.xml",
            "update-windows.ps1"
        ],
        "guest_os_type": "windows7-64",
        "headless": false,
        "iso_url": "{{user `iso_path`}}",
        "iso_checksum_type": "md5",
        "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_md5`}}",

        "winrm_username": "Administrator",
        "winrm_password": "Packer",
        "boot_wait": "2m",
        "winrm_port": "5985",
        "winrm_timeout": "6h",

        "shutdown_command": "shutdown /s /t 10 /f /d p:4:1 /c \"Packer Shutdown\"",
        "skip_compaction": false,
        "vmx_data": {
            "gui.fitguestusingnativedisplayresolution": "FALSE",
            "memsize": "4096",
            "numvcpus": "1",
            "virtualHW.version": "10",
            "scsi0.virtualDev": "lsisas1068"
        }
    }

],
"provisioners": [
    {
        "type": "powershell",
        "execute_command": "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass \"& { {{.Vars}}{{.Path}}; exit $LastExitCode}\"",
        "scripts": [
            "install-guest-tools.ps1",
            "enable-rdp.ps1",
            "disable-hibernate.ps1",
            "disable-autologin.ps1",
            "enable-uac.ps1"
        ]
    }
]

} OUTPUT ==> vmware-iso: Downloading or copying ISO vmware-iso: Downloading or copying: file:///D:/Symantec/MyDevelopment/PV-Demo/Packer-Vagrant%20Step%20by%20Step/ISO/en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677332.iso ==> vmware-iso: Creating floppy disk... vmware-iso: Copying: Autounattend.xml vmware-iso: Copying: update-windows.ps1 ==> vmware-iso: Creating virtual machine disk ==> vmware-iso: Building and writing VMX file ==> vmware-iso: Starting virtual machine... vmware-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to vmware-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC without a password to vmware-iso: 127.0.0.1:5964 ==> vmware-iso: Waiting 2m0s for boot... ==> vmware-iso: Connecting to VM via VNC ==> vmware-iso: Typing the boot command over VNC... ==> vmware-iso: Waiting for WinRM to become available...