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On 10/21/2012 12:56 AM, Curtis C. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone seen any recent documentation on creating Windows 7 images
> for OpenStack? I know it's supposed to be as easy as using kvm to
> install it initially (as per the OpenStack docs) then importing that
> image into glance, but there are some subtle things that I might be
> missing because I haven't really used Windows in a decade. I've
> certainly done a lot of searching so if it's a link on the first ten
> pages page of google I've probably seen it already. :)
>
> Perhaps the best thing would be if anyone knew of a virtualbox/vagrant
> or similar methodology for automatically creating Windows 7 images
> that I could start from. Someone must be generating new Win 7 images
> daily for their private cloud somewhere/somehow... :)
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.

You could generate images for glance using OZ:
https://github.com/clalancette/oz/wiki

(I've not tried windows myself, but it's listed as being supported)

thanks,
Pádraig.