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[Howto] Install Windows On Your OVH VPS
So you want to install Windows on your OVH VPS? Thats possible! I created some cool templates that have been tested and confirmed working on these OVH VPS servers. It even works on the cheapest VPS plan OVH offers, the one with just 10GB disk space, isn't that awesome? Just follow this tutorial and we will have a working Windows installation on your OVH VPS within an hour.
The first thing well have to do is to reboot your VPS in rescue mode. Login at the OVH control panel, choose your VPS and click on the button that says "Reboot my VPS" (you can find that button on the right of the page).
You will see this popup once clicked:
Make sure to have the "Reboot in rescue mode" box selected.
It can take between 2 and 10 minutes before the VPS is booted into rescue mode.
Once your VPS has been booted into the rescue mode you will need to login using PuTTy (any SSH program will do, I like to use PuTTy). You can find the rescue login details in the email that OVH has sent you.
Once you have logged in you will need to unmount the disk by using the following command:
umount /mnt/sdb1
Now we are ready to install Windows on the VPS.
Choose one of the Windows versions, copy the command in the box and paste it in the PuTTy/SSH screen, press enter and it will begin downloading and extracting the template to the disk of your VPS. This can take some time, so grab yourself some coffee, watch a movie or take a walk with your dog (if you have one).
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard:
wget -O- 'http://mirror.uneven.eu/vps/WS_2012R2_OVH_VPS.gz' | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sdb
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard:
wget -O- 'http://mirror.uneven.eu/vps/WS_2008_R2_OVH_VPS.gz' | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sdb
Windows 10 Pro:
wget -O- 'http://mirror.uneven.eu/vps/W10_Pro_OVH_VPS.gz' | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sdb
Windows 7 Professional:
wget -O- 'http://mirror.uneven.eu/vps/W7_Pro_OVH_VPS.gz' | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sdb
Once the download is done, reboot the VPS again and it should have Windows installed and working when it comes back online.
You can login with the following credentials (make sure to change the password after you logged in):
For Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2:
Username: Administrator Password: Password147
For Windows 7 Professional & Windows 10 Pro:
Username: Admin Password: Password147
Original post: https://uneven.eu/howto-install-windows-on-your-ovh-vps/
Comments
Nice tip and tutorial for newbies.
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@BlazeMuis Could you create a Windows 10 template as well?
I'm working on it Should be done soon.
Edit: Done
Windows 10 Pro:
Does not work for my testing. results in a failed boot to windows recovery however my old templates with VIRTIO work fine. did you forget to add virtio drivers?
Strange, I tested them all on SSD VPS 1.
i am using VPS SSD 3 and all failed for some reason. carnt seem to find the cause but the recovery console says something about unable to find recovery partition.
Is it because missing VirtIO?
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/112692/updated-windows-on-ovh-vps-ssd#latest
Maybe this?
You need VDB from the other thread?
I have same problem
do lsblk while booted into rescue mode, and post back here with the results.
Does your lsblk say vdb or sdb?
If the install doesn't work @ OVH VPS, check the link in my signature. Windows eval is allowed and can be installed via VNC/ISO.
A little bit OT, as nt completely related with OVH VPS, but with Hetzner: the primary partition (where the C: partition reside) is MBR, thus limiting partitions on a disk to be a total of 2TB. But Hetzner offers 2 disk each 3TB. I have around 760 GB lost because of this.
Do you think it is possible to create a template with that fix?
Yeah you could dd over a GPT disk image, or at least I think you can do that with dd, I may be wrong though
GPT requires UEFI boot, which should be enabled in the bios. You could possibly access that by asking hetzner for a LARA
am willing to bet that is the issue here. unless it's compressed bad because my templates seem to work fine (all uncompressed and virtio) so unable to confirm.
Ok. I figure out you need VirtIO-SCSI to be able to run it at OVH VPS. I create one myself using Proxmox and loaded up all those VirtIO drivers. It works.
I create my template based on this tutorials
https://joodle.nl/how-to-create-your-own-windows-template-for-kimsufi/
You don't have to do everything it says you need to do. But basically, install a server and use DD to create the package.
thought it was virtio related..
Hello there. I am having the same issue here even after 2 attempts. Would you care to share a working template?
i cannot share it however i will install it for you if you wish?
PM me if you interested.
Not working for me also. Tried the Win 10 and Win 7. @TarZZ92 can you please share the template?
no sorry it's for my internal purposes only however i can install it for you via rescue system (need ssh details) just PM me
Just post me the template url to wget it and then rename it. Dont be a di...
Nope sorry.
@BlazeMuis sorry but could you possibly see what's the problem with your template? It launches the OS into recovery mode, I tried both WS 2008 and 2012. And it seems like I'm not the only one having this issue.
Thank you very much!
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This might be a stupid question and forgive me if it is, but do you need a license key for these for work?
flaged
Yes.