How i can create windows instance in eucalyptus?

Question

I Installed the cloud-box Eucalyptus and now i want to create windows instance

I successfully done this steps from this link: 1-Install Base Windows OS 2-Install Eucalyptus Windows Integration 3-Configure Active Directory 4-Configure Remote Desktop 5-Run Sysprep now in step 6: http://www.eucalyptus.com/docs/eucalyptus/3.4/shared/images_vmw_win_convert.html my questions:

1-the file with this address: ~/.euca/eucarc doesn't not exist.

2-for the next steps I wonder why the img file from the past steps doesn't required?

3-what is vm_image_file and image_bucket ?

4-can anyone explain me more the last two steps?

5-is there any video to show this steps from start to end? because the docs is too hard to follow.

Answer 1

This section is for converting a VMDK into an image. This is important with regards to if you created the Windows image on VMware ESX/ESXi.

This is a bug in our documentation since this is under the subsection - Create a Windows Image (KVM)

If however you are creating the Windows image on VMware ESX/ESXi, here are the answers to your questions:

1-the file with this address: ~/.euca/eucarc doesn't not exist.

This refers to the credentials of the user that will be used to bundle, upload and register the image. Please refer to Eucalyptus 3.4 User Guide - Get User Credentials for additional information. In addition, if the a user from the 'eucalyptus' account is not being used, please make sure the appropriate IAM policy is in place for the user to be able to bundle, upload and register images.

2-for the next steps I wonder why the img file from the past steps doesn't required?

This is actually a bug in our documentation. To help here, would you mind raising a Documentation bug in the Eucalyptus bug system.

4-can anyone explain me more the last two steps?

Regarding to the steps, you can skip the "Convert the VMDK to an Image" steps - if the Windows image isn't being created on VMWare ESX/ESXi. Therefore, just go to the "Add Image to Eucalyptus" step.

5-is there any video to show this steps from start to end? because the docs is too hard to follow.

As mentioned earlier, step 6 - 'Convert the VMDK to an Image' - can be skipped if the Windows image is not being built on VMware ESX/ESXi. Therefore, just skip to step 7 - 'Add Image to Eucalyptus'.

Please let us know if there are any question questions. Hope this helps.

Cheers!