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--- guide:cloud [2020/08/20 01:51]
lphukungoane [Upload and manage images]
+++ guide:cloud [2025/10/12 12:31] (current)
sfebruary [CHPC Cloud Resources]
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     *[[guide:cloud:start|Getting Started]]
     *[[guide:cloud|User Guide]]
+       *[[guide:cloud:advanced|IAC (Advanced)]]
     *[[guide:cloud:practices|Best Practice and Policies]]
     *[[guide:cloud:glossary|Glossary of Terms]]
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 **How to deploy windows on openstack**
-To upload Windows image, We suggest that you follow this tutorial for [[https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-to-deploy-windows-on-openstack/|Preparing windows images]] before uploading it to the openstack environment.
+Windows Image for OpenStack: For most Linux distributions, it is possible to download a generic QCOW2 file for the purposes of running instances in a cloud environment. However, Microsoft does not provide such instances for any Cloud platform other than Azure.
-       Note: CHPC does not provide licenses for windows images, Users are responsible to provide and
+Since Microsoft Windows is still a major component in many IT infrastructures, there may be a need to run Windows-based instances on OpenStack.
-       maintain licenses for instances launched from Windows images.
+To upload Windows image, We suggest that you follow this tutorial for [[https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-to-deploy-windows-on-openstack/|Preparing windows images]] before uploading to the openstack environment.
+       Note: CHPC does not provide licenses, Appropriate licenses for any software run on the service by
+       users must be sought and applied by the users, including any licenses that may be required to run
+       instance operating systems.
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-===== Access and security for instances =====
+===== Access and security for instances =====
+    work in progess...!

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