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Create a cloud server from your own Windows image

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  1. Prepare a Windows ISO image To make it fully compatible with the Selectel Cloud Platform.

  2. Create a cloud server from a Windows ISO image.

  3. Install Windows on a cloud server.

1. Prepare an ISO image of Windows

Use the Prepare Windows image subsection of the Prepare ISO image instructions to work with the cloud platform.

2. Create a cloud server from a Windows ISO image

Use the instructions to Create a cloud server.

Select the ISO image you prepared earlier as the source.

3. Install Windows on the cloud server

  1. Connect to the cloud server.

  2. If the system opened in a shell on first boot, exit the shell:

    exit

  3. In the BIOS, select Continue.

  4. When the Press any key message appears, press any key.

  5. Wait for the image to load. It may take 10-15 minutes for the image to load.

  6. If you need to specify the path to the drivers manually during the installation, specify the path to the driver directory that you created and moved to the image directory earlier.

  7. Perform the driver installation.

    7.1 Navigate to the Drivers directory.

    7.2 Run the file virtio-win-guest-tools.exe.

    7.3 Check the box I agree to the license terms and conditions.

    7.4 Click Install.

    7.5 Optional: select the drivers you want to install.If you do not select anything, all available drivers will be installed by default.

    7.6 Press Next.

    7.7 Wait for the driver installation to complete.

    7.8 Press Restart. The OS will then reboot.

  8. If the cloudbase-init agent has not been added to the image, update the network settings after installing the OS.