packer-Win2019
Packer configuration files for Windows Server 2019 (by eaksel)
cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo
A cloud-init datasource for VMware vSphere's GuestInfo interface (by vmware-archive)
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| 0.0 | 2.9 | |
| almost 3 years ago | over 2 years ago | |
| PowerShell | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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packer-Win2019
Posts with mentions or reviews of packer-Win2019.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-16.
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How to create a golden image?
This looks like a helpful resource on Github: https://github.com/eaksel/packer-Win2019
cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo
Posts with mentions or reviews of cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-30.
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esxi 8.0, ubuntu cloud image, cloud-init
https://github.com/vmware-archive/cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo .. looks like it's part of cloud-init now. https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/953
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Using cloud-init with vSphere and openSUSE 15.4
Unfortunately, VMware's new metadata source does not appear to function with this distribution. According to Canonical's changelog, _ cloud-init _ Version 21.3+ is required to recognize the new datasource. I tested with OpenSUSE 15.4 (Ships with _ cloud-init 21.4 _) and received the following error:
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How to create a golden image?
Finally, create and add the cloud-init payload either using an ISO-File or this vmware datasource provider (note the deprecated hint) to your cloned vm. At boot, Cloud-init will take care of the systems hostname, network etc.
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Ubuntu + DataSourceVMware via Terraform's extra_config
https://grantorchard.com/terraform-vsphere-cloud-init/ https://github.com/vmware-archive/cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo
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How to change Windows SID, Hostname, IP of a VM template during VM creation using VM template?
You can use CloudInit as well. Refer this https://github.com/vmware/cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo
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vmware-rpctool info-get guestinfo.userdata returns no value but works for ovfEnv
You may also want to ask or look at https://github.com/vmware/cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo which looks to be our implementation of cloud-init and vSphere, so those folks should be authority on how this should work for their solution :)
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Automating Ubuntu-20.04 live-server template generation with packer vsphere-iso build.
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What are some alternatives?
When comparing packer-Win2019 and cloud-init-vmware-guestinfo you can also consider the following projects:
Packer - Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
terraform-vsphere-ubuntu-example
packer-ubuntu20.04 - Packer vsphere-iso builder for Ubuntu-20.04
vghetto-scripts - Various scripts for VMware based solutions
cloudinit - Official upstream for the cloud-init: cloud instance initialization