Your autounattend that contains the commands for configuring winrm. Instead of entering each line individually, you can also add a batch file to Up WinRM is to put the configuration commands directly into the Autounattend If you are configuring WinRM using an Autounattend.xml, the simplest way to set If necessary, generate a self-signed certificate or provide a real certificate. launch WinRM and set it to automatically launch when the computer restarts.Open ports 5985 and/or 5986 depending on how you're connecting.Start WinRM, setting any config needed for allowing basic auth.(and remote execution with elevated privileges, if needed) Make any necesary registry edits to enable remote execution.Set up a username and password that Packer to connect with.There are some steps that you will normally need to take in order for Packer To make sure there isn't anything you're missing. You are still not able to connect via WinRM, check the If you find after reading this guide that Microsoft has a greatĭeal of documentation about WinRM. Please note that WinRM is not a Packer-specific protocol. Further reading for remote connection authentication can be found Requirement for basic authentication to be enabled within the target Winrm_use_ntlm (bool) - If true, NTLMv2 authentication (with session security) will be usedįor WinRM, rather than default (basic authentication), removing the Winrm_insecure (bool) - If true, do not check server certificate chain and host name. Winrm_use_ssl (bool) - If true, use HTTPS for WinRM. To 30m since setting up a Windows machine generally takes a long time. Winrm_timeout (duration string | ex: "1h5m2s") - The amount of time to wait for WinRM to become available. Unencrypted connection and 5986 for SSL when winrm_use_ssl is set to Winrm_port (int) - The WinRM port to connect to. This has the effect ofīypassing any configured proxies when connecting to the remote host. Host:port to the NO_PROXY environment variable. Winrm_no_proxy (bool) - Setting this to true adds the remote NOTE: If using an Amazon EBS builder, you can specify the interface Winrm_host (string) - The address for WinRM to connect to. Winrm_password (string) - The password to use to connect to WinRM. Winrm_username (string) - The username to use to connect to WinRM. To successfully use Packer to build from an iso. How to automatically initalize your operating system is critical for being able If you are unfamiliar with how to use an autounattend file, take a look at our Refer to each builder's documentation for more information on how to supply the Method for providing this pre-run script will vary based on the builder. If you are building in a cloud or from a pre-installed image, your Image, you will need to provide this pre-run script as part of yourĪutounattend.xml file, required by Windows for automatic operating system If you are building from a brand-new and unconfigured operating system You will almost always have to provide a pre-run script that enables andĬonfigures WinRM on the guest machine. To set the "communicator": "winrm", template option explicitly. The WinRM communicator is not the default communicator, so you will always have Getting Ready to Use the WinRM Communicator Windows Remote Management protocol to do this. Communicators are the mechanism Packer uses to upload files, execute scripts,Įtc.
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