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IBM cloud images do not license with cloud-init versions greater than 0.9.11

See original GitHub issue

Hello.

When creating Windows 2012, Windows 2012R2, Windows 2016, Windows 2019 image templates using cloudbase cloud-init, they do not license correctly when configured to obtain licenses from IBM’s KMS servers.

Version 0.9.11 does automatically license with configuration Versions 1.1.0 & 1.1.1 do not license from the IBM KMS servers

Our configuration files Unattend.xml

`Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$ cat Unattend.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
        <settings pass="generalize">
                <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" 
                        xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" 
                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                        <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>false</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
                </component>
        </settings>
        <settings pass="oobeSystem">
                <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" 
                        xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
                        <OOBE>
                                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                                <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
                                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
                        </OOBE>
                </component>
        </settings>
        <settings pass="specialize">
                <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" 
                        xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" 
                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                        <RunSynchronous>
                                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                                        <Order>1</Order>
                                        <Path>cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\Python\Scripts\cloudbase-init.exe" --config-file "C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\conf\cloudbase-init-unattend.conf" &amp;&amp; exit 1 || exit 2"</Path>
                                        <Description>Run Cloudbase-Init to set the hostname</Description>
                                        <WillReboot>OnRequest</WillReboot>
                                </RunSynchronousCommand>
                        </RunSynchronous>
                </component>
        </settings>
</unattend>
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$
`

`Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$ cat cloudbase-init-unattend.conf 
[DEFAULT]
#  "cloudbase-init-unattend.conf" is used during the Sysprep phase
username=Administrator
inject_user_password=true 
first_logon_behaviour=no
config_drive_types=vfat
config_drive_locations=hdd
allow_reboot=false
stop_service_on_exit=false
mtu_use_dhcp_config=false
bsdtar_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\bsdtar.exe
mtools_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\
debug=true
log_dir=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log\
log_file=cloudbase-init-unattend.log
default_log_levels=comtypes=INFO,suds=INFO,iso8601=WARN,requests=WARN
local_scripts_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\LocalScripts\
metadata_services=cloudbaseinit.metadata.services.configdrive.ConfigDriveService
# enabled plugins - executed in order
plugins=cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.mtu.MTUPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.sethostname.SetHostNamePlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.createuser.CreateUserPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.extendvolumes.ExtendVolumesPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.setuserpassword.SetUserPasswordPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.localscripts.LocalScriptsPluginJeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$ 
`

Cloudbase-init.conf

`Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$ cat cloudbase-init.conf 
[DEFAULT]
#  "cloudbase-init.conf" is used for every boot
config_drive_types=vfat
config_drive_locations=hdd
activate_windows=true
kms_host=kms.adn.networklayer.com:1688
mtu_use_dhcp_config=false
real_time_clock_utc=false
bsdtar_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\bsdtar.exe
mtools_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\
debug=true
log_dir=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log\
log_file=cloudbase-init.log
default_log_levels=comtypes=INFO,suds=INFO,iso8601=WARN,requests=WARN
local_scripts_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\LocalScripts\
metadata_services=cloudbaseinit.metadata.services.configdrive.ConfigDriveService
# enabled plugins - executed in order
plugins=cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.mtu.MTUPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.ntpclient.NTPClientPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.licensing.WindowsLicensingPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.extendvolumes.ExtendVolumesPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.userdata.UserDataPlugin,
        cloudbaseinit.plugins.common.localscripts.LocalScriptsPluginJeffreys-MacBook-Pro:iso_dir jeffreyjzarend$ 
`

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Created 3 years ago
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jeffreyzarendcommented, Jun 13, 2020

Tested with the beta installer and windows licensed fine. C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log>findstr /i version * cloudbase-init-unattend.log:2020-06-13 05:39:52.316 1460 INFO cloudbaseinit.init [-] Cloudbase-Init version: 1.1.2.dev5 cloudbase-init.log:2020-06-13 05:41:22.666 2884 INFO cloudbaseinit.init [-] Cloudbase-Init version: 1.1.2.dev5

C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log>findstr /i license * cloudbase-init.log:2020-06-13 05:41:47.634 2884 INFO cloudbaseinit.plugins.windows.licensing [-] Microsoft Windows license info: cloudbase-init.log:License Status: Licensed

C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\log>

Closing issue, and eagerly awaiting fix to merge from beta to upstream.

thank you very much

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jeffreyzarendcommented, Jun 3, 2020

again, thank you very very much

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