Hyper-V ISO: Sort options alphabetically. Minor word changes and fixes
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@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ The Hyper-V Packer builder is able to create
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virtual machines and export them, starting from an ISO image.
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The builder builds a virtual machine by creating a new virtual machine from
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scratch, booting it, installing an OS, provisioning software within the OS,
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then shutting it down. The result of the Hyper-V builder is a directory
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containing all the files necessary to run the virtual machine portably.
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scratch. Typically, the VM is booted, an OS is installed, and software is
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provisioned within the OS. Finally the VM is shut down. The result of the
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Hyper-V builder is a directory containing all the files necessary to run
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the virtual machine portably.
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## Basic Example
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@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ to self-install. Still, the example serves to show the basic configuration:
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}
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```
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It is important to add a `shutdown_command`. By default Packer halts the
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virtual machine and the file system may not be sync'd. Thus, changes made in a
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provisioner might not be saved.
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By default Packer will perform a hard power off of a virtual machine.
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However, when a machine is powered off this way, it is possible that
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changes made to the VMs file system may not be fully synced, possibly
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leading to corruption of files or lost changes. As such, it is important to
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add a `shutdown_command`. This tells Packer how to safely shutdown and
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power off the VM.
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## Configuration Reference
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@ -56,20 +60,22 @@ builder.
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### Required:
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- `iso_checksum` (string) - The checksum for the OS ISO file or virtual
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harddrive file. Because these files are so large, this is required and
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Packer will verify it prior to booting a virtual machine with the ISO or
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virtual harddrive attached. The type of the checksum is specified with
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`iso_checksum_type`, documented below.
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- `iso_checksum` (string) - The checksum for the ISO file or virtual
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hard drive file. The algorithm to use when computing the checksum is
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specified with `iso_checksum_type`.
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- `iso_checksum_type` (string) - The type of the checksum specified in
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`iso_checksum`. Valid values are "none", "md5", "sha1", "sha256", or
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"sha512" currently. While "none" will skip checksumming, this is not
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recommended since ISO files and virtual harddrive files are generally
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large and corruption does happen from time to time.
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- `iso_checksum_type` (string) - The algorithm to be used when computing
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the checksum of the file specified in `iso_checksum`. Currently, valid
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values are "none", "md5", "sha1", "sha256", or "sha512". Since the
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validity of ISO and virtual disk files are typically crucial to a
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successful build, Packer performs a check of any supplied media by
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default. While setting "none" will cause Packer to skip this check,
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corruption of large files such as ISOs and virtual hard drives can
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occur from time to time. As such, skipping this check is not
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recommended.
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- `iso_url` (string) - A URL to the ISO containing the installation image or
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virtual harddrive vhd or vhdx file to clone. This URL can be either an
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virtual hard drive (VHD or VHDX) file to clone. This URL can be either an
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HTTP URL or a file URL (or path to a file). If this is an HTTP URL, Packer
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will download the file and cache it between runs.
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@ -83,57 +89,56 @@ builder.
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the installer will start itself.
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- `boot_wait` (string) - The time to wait after booting the initial virtual
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machine before typing the `boot_command`. The value of this should be a
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duration. Examples are "5s" and "1m30s" which will cause Packer to wait
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five seconds and one minute 30 seconds, respectively. If this isn't
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specified, the default is 10 seconds.
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machine before typing the `boot_command`. The value specified should be
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a duration. For example, setting a duration of "1m30s" would cause
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Packer to wait for 1 minute 30 seconds before typing the boot command.
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The default duration is "10s" (10 seconds).
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- `cpu` (number) - The number of cpus the virtual machine should use. If
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this isn't specified, the default is 1 cpu.
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- `cpu` (number) - The number of CPUs the virtual machine should use. If
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this isn't specified, the default is 1 CPU.
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- `disk_additional_size` (array of integers) - The size(s) of any additional
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hard disks for the VM in megabytes. If this is not specified then the VM
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will only contain a primary hard disk. Additional drives will be attached
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to the SCSI interface only. The builder uses expandable, not fixed-size
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virtual hard disks, so the actual file representing the disk will not use
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the full size unless it is full.
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- `differencing_disk` (boolean) - If true enables differencing disks. Only
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the changes will be written to the new disk. This is especially useful if
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your source is a VHD/VHDX. This defaults to `false`.
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- `disk_additional_size` (array of integers) - The size or sizes of any
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additional hard disks for the VM in megabytes. If this is not specified
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then the VM will only contain a primary hard disk. Additional drives
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will be attached to the SCSI interface only. The builder uses
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expandable rather than fixed-size virtual hard disks, so the actual
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file representing the disk will not use the full size unless it is
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full.
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- `disk_block_size` (string) - The block size of the VHD to be created.
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Recommended disk block size for Linux hyper-v guests is 1 MiB. This
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defaults to "32 MiB".
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- `disk_size` (number) - The size, in megabytes, of the hard disk to create
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for the VM. By default, this is 40 GB.
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- `differencing_disk` (boolean) - If true enables differencing disks. Only
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the changes will be written to the new disk. This is especially useful if
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your source is a vhd/vhdx. This defaults to false.
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- `enable_dynamic_memory` (boolean) - If `true` enable dynamic memory for
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the virtual machine. This defaults to `false`.
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- `headless` (boolean) - Packer defaults to building Hyper-V virtual
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machines by launching a GUI that shows the console of the machine being
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built. When this value is set to true, the machine will start without a
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console.
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- `enable_mac_spoofing` (boolean) - If `true` enable MAC address spoofing
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for the virtual machine. This defaults to `false`.
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- `skip_export` (boolean) - If true skips VM export. If you are interested
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only in the vhd/vhdx files, you can enable this option. This will create
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inline disks which improves the build performance. There will not be any
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copying of source vhds to temp directory. This defaults to false.
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- `enable_secure_boot` (boolean) - If `true` enable secure boot for the
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virtual machine. This defaults to `false`. See `secure_boot_template`
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below for additional settings.
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- `enable_dynamic_memory` (boolean) - If true enable dynamic memory for
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virtual machine. This defaults to false.
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- `enable_virtualization_extensions` (boolean) - If `true` enable
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virtualization extensions for the virtual machine. This defaults to
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`false`. For nested virtualization you need to enable MAC spoofing,
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disable dynamic memory and have at least 4GB of RAM assigned to the
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virtual machine.
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- `enable_mac_spoofing` (boolean) - If true enable mac spoofing for virtual
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machine. This defaults to false.
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- `enable_secure_boot` (boolean) - If true enable secure boot for virtual
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machine. This defaults to false.
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- `secure_boot_template` (string) - The secure boot template to be
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configured. Valid values are "MicrosoftWindows" (Windows) or
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"MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority" (Linux). This only takes effect if
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enable_secure_boot is set to "true". This defaults to "MicrosoftWindows".
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- `enable_virtualization_extensions` (boolean) - If true enable
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virtualization extensions for virtual machine. This defaults to false.
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For nested virtualization you need to enable mac spoofing, disable dynamic
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memory and have at least 4GB of RAM for virtual machine.
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- `floppy_dirs` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
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the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
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except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
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your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
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contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are
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allowed. The maximum summary size of all files in the listed directories
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are the same as in `floppy_files`.
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- `floppy_files` (array of strings) - A list of files to place onto a floppy
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disk that is attached when the VM is booted. This is most useful for
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(`*`, `?`, and `[]`) are allowed. Directory names are also allowed, which
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will add all the files found in the directory to the floppy.
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- `floppy_dirs` (array of strings) - A list of directories to place onto
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the floppy disk recursively. This is similar to the `floppy_files` option
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except that the directory structure is preserved. This is useful for when
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your floppy disk includes drivers or if you just want to organize it's
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contents as a hierarchy. Wildcard characters (\*, ?, and \[\]) are
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allowed. The maximum summary size of all files in the listed directories
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are the same as in `floppy_files`.
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- `generation` (number) - The Hyper-V generation for the virtual machine. By
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default, this is 1. Generation 2 Hyper-V virtual machines do not support
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floppy drives. In this scenario use `secondary_iso_images` instead. Hard
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drives and dvd drives will also be scsi and not ide.
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drives and DVD drives will also be SCSI and not IDE.
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- `guest_additions_mode` (string) - How should guest additions be installed.
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If value `attach` then attach iso image with by specified by
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`guest_additions_path`. Otherwise guest additions is not installed.
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- `guest_additions_mode` (string) - If set to `attach` then attach and
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mount the ISO image specified in `guest_additions_path`. If set to
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`none` then guest additions are not attached and mounted; This is the
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default.
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- `guest_additions_path` (string) - The path to the iso image for guest
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- `guest_additions_path` (string) - The path to the ISO image for guest
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additions.
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- `http_directory` (string) - Path to a directory to serve using an HTTP
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server. The files in this directory will be available over HTTP that will
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be requestable from the virtual machine. This is useful for hosting
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kickstart files and so on. By default this is "", which means no HTTP
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server will be started. The address and port of the HTTP server will be
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available as variables in `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail
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below.
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- `headless` (boolean) - Packer defaults to building Hyper-V virtual
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machines by launching a GUI that shows the console of the machine being
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built. When this value is set to true, the machine will start without a
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console.
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- `http_directory` (string) - Path to a directory to serve using Packers
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inbuilt HTTP server. The files in this directory will be available
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over HTTP to the virtual machine. This is useful for hosting kickstart
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files and so on. By default this value is unset and the HTTP server is
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not started. The address and port of the HTTP server will be available
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as variables in `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail below.
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- `http_port_min` and `http_port_max` (number) - These are the minimum and
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maximum port to use for the HTTP server started to serve the
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`http_directory`. Because Packer often runs in parallel, Packer will
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choose a randomly available port in this range to run the HTTP server. If
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you want to force the HTTP server to be on one port, make this minimum and
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maximum port the same. By default the values are 8000 and 9000,
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respectively.
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`http_directory`. Since Packer often runs in parallel, a randomly
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available port in this range will be repeatedly chosen until an
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available port is found. To force the HTTP server to use a specific
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port, set an identical value for `http_port_min` and `http_port_max`.
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By default the values are 8000 and 9000, respectively.
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- `iso_target_extension` (string) - The extension of the ISO file after
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download. This defaults to "iso".
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- `iso_target_path` (string) - The path where the ISO should be saved after
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download. By default the ISO will be saved in the Packer cache
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directory with a hash of the original filename as its name.
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- `iso_urls` (array of strings) - Multiple URLs for the ISO to download.
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Packer will try these in order. If anything goes wrong attempting to
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empty and `iso_url` is used. Only one of `iso_url` or `iso_urls` can be
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specified.
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- `iso_target_extension` (string) - The extension of the iso file after
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download. This defaults to "iso".
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- `iso_target_path` (string) - The path where the iso should be saved after
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download. By default will go in the packer cache, with a hash of the
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original filename as its name.
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- `mac_address` (string) - This allows a specific MAC address to be used on
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the default virtual network card. The MAC address must be a string with
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no delimiters, for example "0000deadbeef".
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- `output_directory` (string) - This is the path to the directory where the
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resulting virtual machine will be created. This may be relative or
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running the builder. By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where
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"BUILDNAME" is the name of the build.
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- `ram_size` (number) - The size, in megabytes, of the ram to create for the
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- `ram_size` (number) - The amount, in megabytes, of RAM to assign to the
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VM. By default, this is 1 GB.
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- `secondary_iso_images` (array of strings) - A list of iso paths to
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attached to a VM when it is booted. This is most useful for unattended
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- `secondary_iso_images` (array of strings) - A list of ISO paths to
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attach to a VM when it is booted. This is most useful for unattended
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Windows installs, which look for an `Autounattend.xml` file on removable
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media. By default, no secondary iso will be attached.
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media. By default, no secondary ISO will be attached.
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- `secure_boot_template` (string) - The secure boot template to be
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configured. Valid values are "MicrosoftWindows" (Windows) or
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"MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority" (Linux). This only takes effect if
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`enable_secure_boot` is set to "true". This defaults to "MicrosoftWindows".
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- `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down
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the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty
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string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine unless
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a shutdown command takes place inside script so this may safely be
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omitted. If one or more scripts require a reboot it is suggested to leave
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this blank since reboots may fail and specify the final shutdown command
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in your last script.
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the machine once all provisioning is complete. By default this is an
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empty string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the
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machine. This setting can be safely omitted if for example, a shutdown
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command to gracefully halt the machine is configured inside a
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provisioning script. If one or more scripts require a reboot it is
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suggested to leave this blank (since reboots may fail) and instead
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specify the final shutdown command in your last script.
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- `shutdown_timeout` (string) - The amount of time to wait after executing
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the `shutdown_command` for the virtual machine to actually shut down. If
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it doesn't shut down in this time, it is an error. By default, the timeout
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is "5m", or five minutes.
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the `shutdown_command` for the virtual machine to actually shut down.
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If the machine doesn't shut down in this time it is considered an
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error. By default, the time out is "5m" (five minutes).
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- `skip_compaction` (boolean) - If true skip compacting the hard disk for
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virtual machine when exporting. This defaults to false.
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- `skip_compaction` (boolean) - If `true` skip compacting the hard disk for
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the virtual machine when exporting. This defaults to `false`.
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- `skip_export` (boolean) - If `true` Packer will skip the export of the
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VM. If you are interested only in the VHD/VHDX files, you can enable
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this option. This will create inline disks which improves the build
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performance. There will not be any copying of source VHDs to the temp
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directory. This defaults to `false`.
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- `switch_name` (string) - The name of the switch to connect the virtual
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machine to. Be defaulting this to an empty string, Packer will try to
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determine the switch to use by looking for external switch that is up and
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running.
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machine to. By default, leaving this value unset will cause Packer to
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try and determine the switch to use by looking for an external switch
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that is up and running.
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- `switch_vlan_id` (string) - This is the vlan of the virtual switch's
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network card. By default none is set. If none is set then a vlan is not
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- `switch_vlan_id` (string) - This is the VLAN of the virtual switch's
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network card. By default none is set. If none is set then a VLAN is not
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set on the switch's network card. If this value is set it should match
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the vlan specified in by `vlan_id`.
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the VLAN specified in by `vlan_id`.
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- `temp_path` (string) - This is the temporary path in which Packer will
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create the virtual machine. By default the value is the system `%temp%`.
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- `use_fixed_vhd_format` (boolean) - If true, creates the boot disk on the
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virtual machine as a fixed VHD format disk. The default is false, which
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virtual machine as a fixed VHD format disk. The default is `false`, which
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creates a dynamic VHDX format disk. This option requires setting
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`generation` to 1, `skip_compaction` to true, and `differencing_disk` to
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false. Additionally, any value entered for `disk_block_size` will be
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ignored. The most likely use case for this option is outputing a disk that
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is in the format required for upload to Azure.
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`generation` to `1`, `skip_compaction` to `true`, and
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`differencing_disk` to `false`. Additionally, any value entered for
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`disk_block_size` will be ignored. The most likely use case for this
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option is outputing a disk that is in the format required for upload to
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Azure.
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- `vhd_temp_path` (string) - A separate path to be used for storing the VM's
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disk image. The purpose is to enable reading and writing to take place on
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different physical disks (read from VHD temp path, write to regular temp
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path while exporting the VM) to eliminate a single-disk bottleneck.
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- `vlan_id` (string) - This is the vlan of the virtual machine's network
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- `vlan_id` (string) - This is the VLAN of the virtual machine's network
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card for the new virtual machine. By default none is set. If none is set
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then vlans are not set on the virtual machine's network card.
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then VLANs are not set on the virtual machine's network card.
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- `mac_address` (string) - This allows a specific MAC address to be used on
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the default virtual network card. The MAC address must be a string with
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no delimiters, for example "0000deadbeef".
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- `vm_name` (string) - This is the name of the virtual machine for the new
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virtual machine, without the file extension. By default this is
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"packer-BUILDNAME", where "BUILDNAME" is the name of the build.
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- `temp_path` (string) - This is the temporary path in which Packer will
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create the virtual machine. Default value is system `%temp%`
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- `disk_block_size` (string) - The block size of the VHD to be created.
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Recommended disk block size for Linux hyper-v guests is 1 MiB. This
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defaults to "32 MiB".
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- `vm_name` (string) - This is the name of the new virtual machine,
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without the file extension. By default this is "packer-BUILDNAME",
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where "BUILDNAME" is the name of the build.
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## Boot Command
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<%= partial "partials/builders/boot-command" %>
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Example boot command. This is actually a working boot command used to start an
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Ubuntu 12.04 installer:
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The example shown below is a working boot command used to start an Ubuntu
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12.04 installer:
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``` json
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[
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## Integration Services
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Packer will automatically attach the integration services iso as a dvd drive
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Packer will automatically attach the integration services ISO as a DVD drive
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for the version of Hyper-V that is running.
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## Generation 1 vs Generation 2
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Floppy drives are no longer supported by generation 2 machines. This requires
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you to take another approach when dealing with preseed or answer files. Two
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possible options are using virtual dvd drives or using the built in web
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possible options are using virtual DVD drives or using Packers built in web
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server.
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When dealing with Windows you need to enable UEFI drives for generation 2
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virtual machines.
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## Creating iso from directory
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## Creating an ISO From a Directory
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Programs like mkisofs can be used to create an iso from a directory. There is
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Programs like mkisofs can be used to create an ISO from a directory. There is
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a [windows version of
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mkisofs](http://opensourcepack.blogspot.co.uk/p/cdrtools.html).
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mkisofs](http://opensourcepack.blogspot.co.uk/p/cdrtools.html) available.
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Example powershell script. This is an actually working powershell script used
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to create a Windows answer iso:
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Below is a working PowerShell script that can be used to create a Windows
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answer ISO:
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``` powershell
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$isoFolder = "answer-iso"
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sysprep-unattend.xml:
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``` text
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``` xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
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<settings pass="generalize">
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