Winmin Autosetup

Winmin Autosetup is a python script that automatically installs a libvirt virtual machine as a base for Winmin.

Build Dependencies

• python3

Building

Build and install with:

$ sudo python3 setup.py install

Runtime Dependencies

• python3
• python3-magic
• python3-clint
• python3-requests
• samba
• libvirt-clients
• libvirt-daemon-system
• virtinst
• virt-viewer
• wimtools

Setup

To access the spice socket of the guest VM, the user must be part of the kvm group. This can be added using the following command.

$ sudo usermod -aG $USER kvm

In order to interact with the guest serial port, the user must be part of the tty group. This can be added using the following command.

$ sudo usermod -aG $USER tty

You may need to logout or reboot in order for group changes to take effect.

Running

winmin-autosetup

Uses Microsoft's autounattended process to setup a a virtual machine to be used for winmin.

Usage

winmin-autosetup [-h] windows_iso product_key [virtio-win_iso]

Examples

winmin-autosetup ./Win10.iso XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

winmin-autosetup ./Win10.iso XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX ./virtio-win.iso

TODO

• Setup using virtio-fs once the viofs Windows driver is completed