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Packer shutdown_command

There is an alternative for the normal Windows shutdown command. Normally we use something like this to shutdown the VM in packer.

   "shutdown_command": "shutdown /s /t 10 /f /d p:4:1 /c \"Packer Shutdown\"",

Replace it with

   "shutdown_command": "c:/windows/system32/sysprep/sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /quiet /shutdown /unattend:a:/unattend.xml",

Also make sure to add the ./scripts/unattend.xml file to the floppy_files.

On the first vagrant up the box will boot with an out-of-box-experience (OOBE)

Windows Server 2016

On newer systems like Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 this shutdown_command is not enough. We also have to stop the "tiledatamodelsvc" service to make sysprep work. So we use a small cmd script.

   "shutdown_command": "a:/sysprep.bat"

Also make sure to add the files ./scripts/unattend.xml and ./scripts/sysprep.bat to the floppy_files.

On the first vagrant up the box will boot with an out-of-box-experience (OOBE)