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packer-Win2019

What is packer-Win2019 ?

packer-Win2019 is a set of configuration files used to build automated Windows Server 2019 virtual machine images using Packer. This Packer configuration file allows you to build images for VMware Workstation and Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Prerequisites

Packer
- https://www.packer.io/intro/getting-started/install.html
A Hypervisor
- VMware Workstation
- Oracle VM VirtualBox

How to use Packer

Commands to create an automated VM image:

To create a Windows Server 2019 VM image using VMware Workstation use the following commands:

cd c:\packer-Win2019
packer build -only=vmware-iso win2019-gui.json #Windows Server 2019 w/ GUI
packer build -only=vmware-iso win2019-core.json #Windows Server 2019 Core

To create a Windows Server 2019 VM image using Oracle VM VirtualBox use the following commands:

cd c:\packer-Win2019
packer build -only=virtualbox-iso win2019-gui.json #Windows Server 2019 w/ GUI
packer build -only=virtualbox-iso win2019-core.json #Windows Server 2019 Core

If you omit the keyword "-only=" images for both Workstation and Virtualbox will be created.

By default the .iso of Windows Server 2019 is pulled from https://software-download.microsoft.com/download/pr/17763.1.180914-1434.rs5_release_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO

You can change the URL to one closer to your build server. To do so change the "iso_url" parameter in the "variables" section of the debian9.json file.

{
  "variables": {
      "iso_url": "https://software-download.microsoft.com/download/pr/17763.1.180914-1434.rs5_release_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO"
  }
}