Installing Windows Server Using Peplink KVM
Have a Hard Drive Installed:
- Go to the top menu in your router, click "System"
- In the left menu, click "Storage Manager"
- Under "Partition", click "Configure"
- Here you can see Peter has 782 GB assigned to KVM, Docker at 100 GB, ContentHub at 69 GB, and MediaFast at 0 MB
- Click "Format"
Enable KVM:
- In the top menu, click "Network"
- In the left menu, click "KVM"
- Click the checkbox to enable KVM
- Save and Apply Changes
Virtual Machine:
- After UBUNTU is installed, in the UBUNTU client go to search and search for "virtual machine"
- Click on "Virtual Machine Manager". It should have a VM logo
- Press "Install" and type in your password
Add Connection:
- In UBUNTU, go to apps (bottom left, square with 9 dots)
- Click on Virtual Machine Manager
Note: Once it opens, if you have anything in the box already delete it first
- Inside Virtual Machine Manager, Click on "File"
- Select "Custom URL" in the drop-down box
- type in qemu+tcp://username@your IP address/system. For example, Peter types in qemu+tcp://admin@172.16.253.1/system
- Click "connect"
- Type in your credentials to the router, same as you would if you were logging into the router
ISO Install:
- Go back to your router, and you should still be on the KVM page
- Under "Save" it says "Click HERE to open a file manager"
- Click on "HERE". This will open a pop-up
- In this pop-up, you are going to insert your ISO into the box
- So, open up your Folder app on your desktop
- Go to Download
- Select your Windows Server and drag it to the box in the pop-up
- Wait for it to upload
Create New Virtual Machine:
- In UBUNTU, go to Virtual Machine Manager
- Click add new VM
- Click "Browse" and select the ISO you just uploaded
- Click "Choose Volume"
- At the bottom, type in Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Click "Forward"
- Now, set "Memory:" to 4096 by typing it into the box
- Click "Forward"
- Set it at 60 GB of storage
- Click "Forward"
- Network selection should be set as "Bridge device"
- In "Device name:" name it br0
- Then, click the checkbox next to "Customize configuration before install"
- Click "Finish"
- Now, in the pop-up, you first want to go to "NIC:82:dd:5b" on the left menu and make sure that "Device model" is e1000e
- Then, go to "Display VNC" on the left menu
- Under VNC Server, set "Type:" to VNC server by using the drop-down box
- Set the "Listen type:" to Address by using the drop-down box
- Set "Address:" to All interfaces by using the drop-down box
- Apply
- Now, Right-click your mouse on "Console 1" and select "Remove Hardware". This will open a pop-up, click "Yes"
- In the left menu, go to "Video Virtio"
- In "Model:", select Virtio by using the drop-down box
- Click "Apply"
- At the top left, click "Begin Installation". This will open a pop-up
- In the pop-up, click "Next" at the bottom right
- Then, in the middle, click "Install"
- Peter then chooses "Windows Server 2022 Standard(Desktop Experience)". Normally you would use a server core
- Click "Next"
- Then, at the bottom click the checkbox to agree to the License Terms
- Click "Next"
- Click "Custom Install"
- Click "Next"
Enable Remote Desktop Services:
- Now, the Windows machine will be loaded up to a "Customize Settings" page
- Type your password into the "Password" and "Reenter Password" boxes
- Windows will now load
- Enlarge the screen, then go to the top middle and click on the white logo. Click on "Ctrl+Alt+Delete". This will take you to the sign-in page
- Enter your password. This enables Remote Desktop
InTouch with InControl2:
- Go to InControl
- Go to your group and click on your device. Peter selects the "PTS-EPX"
- Then, in the top menu go to Clients
- Now, you should see your windows server. To the right, click "InTouch"
- In "URL on LAN", select "rdp" in the drop-down box
- Then, type in administrator in the next box to the right
- Click "OK"
- Click "Save Changes"
Using Remote Desktop:
- Go back to your group
- Scroll down
- Under "Ungrouped" your Windows Server will be there. Click on it
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Originally presented on Peplink University with Professor P. Now part of the Connectivity 101 library.