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Install Windows Server on any VPS or Dedicated Server without KVM/iLO or IPMI

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Awesome @javimuse

    Shared on LEB: https://lowendbox.com/blog/install-windows-server-on-any-vps-or-dedicated-server-without-kvm-ilo-or-ipmi/

    Thanked by 4febryanvaldo javimuse dev_vps mustafamw3
  • febryanvaldofebryanvaldo Member

    Thanks for both @javimuse and LET.

  • javimusejavimuse Member

    @raindog308 said:
    Awesome @javimuse

    Shared on LEB: https://lowendbox.com/blog/install-windows-server-on-any-vps-or-dedicated-server-without-kvm-ilo-or-ipmi/

    Thanks guys for posting my tutorial in LEB, glad to help!

    Thanked by 1superuser
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    1 GB / 1 vCore EPYC / 16 GB storage
    Sign of a good VPS -- in idle Windows RDP session, the cpu utilization should be below 3%

    Keep the administrator account disabled 
and do not use standard port 3389 for RDP

    Thanked by 1t0m
  • t0mt0m Member

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Thanked by 2t0m JohnnySac
  • gabemorgathgabemorgath Member

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    if I get into opti> @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

    Do you have KVM VPS?
    What is the configuration

  • gabemorgathgabemorgath Member

    @dev_vps said:
    if I get into opti> @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

    Do you have KVM VPS?
    What is the configuration

    For now i'm in the step to create a custom image and i'm using qemu on my local machine but as i said the performances are super slow. I tried in the vps too (just for curiosity) and i got bad perf too even about loading the first setup screen

  • javimusejavimuse Member

    @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

    You can experience low performance until reboot the server to "normal mode", just enable remote desktop and reboot.

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:
    if I get into opti> @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

    Do you have KVM VPS?
    What is the configuration

    For now i'm in the step to create a custom image and i'm using qemu on my local machine but as i said the performances are super slow. I tried in the vps too (just for curiosity) and i got bad perf too even about loading the first setup screen

    Look at my questions again, just in case.

  • gabemorgathgabemorgath Member

    In my local setup i'm trying everything with a i7-6700hq with 16gb of ram. Virtualbox and vmware runs fine.

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    @gabemorgath said:
    In my local setup i'm trying everything with a i7-6700hq with 16gb of ram. Virtualbox and vmware runs fine.

    • Do you have KVM VPS?
    • What is the VPS configuration?
  • javimusejavimuse Member

    @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:
    if I get into opti> @gabemorgath said:

    @dev_vps said:

    @t0m said:

    @dev_vps said:
    Running Windows Server 2022 OS on least possible resources on VPS

    What do you tweak to get it working? Disable a lot of services and tasks / Removing functions / ..

    This is standard windows server OS from Microsoft link. Nothing was removed.

    Background on desktop was disabled to save resources while RDP at 2k screen , since there is only 1 GB.

    Try running Linux desktop at 2k resolution with 1 GB VPS. That’s why , in my opinion, Windows RDP is better resource optimized.

    Can you share the complete command in qemu to launch the vm? With this one i got super slow performances:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -m 1G \
    -cpu host \
    -enable-kvm \
    -boot order=d \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.iso,media=cdrom \
    -drive file=win11ltsc.img,format=raw,if=virtio \
    -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
    -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
    -device usb-tablet \
    -vnc :0 \

    Do you have KVM VPS?
    What is the configuration

    For now i'm in the step to create a custom image and i'm using qemu on my local machine but as i said the performances are super slow. I tried in the vps too (just for curiosity) and i got bad perf too even about loading the first setup screen

    Check if your CPU support virtualization

    sudo apt install cpu-checker
kvm-ok

    if not, use the .gz alternative

    Thanked by 2dev_vps superuser
  • gabemorgathgabemorgath Member
    edited July 2024

    @dev_vps said:

    @gabemorgath said:
    In my local setup i'm trying everything with a i7-6700hq with 16gb of ram. Virtualbox and vmware runs fine.

    • Do you have KVM VPS?
    • What is the VPS configuration?

    Forget for now the VPS, i'm running it locally becouse i want to build a custom image before.

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    Always check that VPS computing power is strong enough to support Windows OS.

    GB6 single core score > 900
    and multicore score > 1600.

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 1014
Multi Core      | 1821
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6889488
    Thanked by 4javimuse t0m JohnnySac dev077
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member
    edited July 2024 
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic System Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CPU Model          : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.40GHz
 CPU Cores          : 2 @ 2394.374 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 28160 KB
 AES-NI             : ✔ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✔ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 49.8 GB 
 Total RAM          : 3.8 GB 
 Virtualization     : KVM

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     |  809
Multi Core      | 1576
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/22677452

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 1014
Multi Core      | 1821
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6889488

    Running Windows Server 2025 OS

    Thanked by 1Frameworks
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member
    edited July 2024

    @javimuse said:

    @warih said:
    Do you have a lightweight version of Windows for small VPS?

    I build a ISO for you based in "Windows Server 2022 BaseLineEdition - LiteOS #2023.8 #noMetro #superlite #dotNETALL"

    I add the VirtIO + Intel drivers
    Size: 1.97GB

    ARCHIVE.ORG - GOOGLE DRIVE BACKUP

    You need set a administrator password, and enable remote desktop in Server Manager and Remote Desktop service from services.msc

    This is amazing. Much appreciated @javimuse

    Thanked by 2javimuse Frameworks
  • javimusejavimuse Member
    edited July 2024

    Better Performance

    VPS with Virtual Drive

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -m 1G \
  -cpu qemu64,+nx \
  -enable-kvm \
  -boot order=d \
  -drive file=/mnt/WINDOWSISONAME.iso,media=cdrom \
  -drive file=/mnt/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
  -drive file=/dev/sda,format=raw,if=virtio \
  -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -net nic,model=virtio-net-pci \
  -net user,hostfwd=tcp::3389-:3389 \
  -vnc :0 \

    Dedicated Servers with Physical Drive:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -m 1G \
  -cpu qemu64,+nx \
  -enable-kvm \
  -boot order=d \
  -drive file=/mnt/WINDOWSISONAME.iso,media=cdrom \
  -drive file=/mnt/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \
  -drive file=/dev/sda,format=raw \
  -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -net nic,model=virtio-net-pci \
  -net user,hostfwd=tcp::3389-:3389 \
  -vnc :0 \

    Boot from C:

    VPS with Virtual Drive

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -m 1G \
  -cpu qemu64,+nx \
  -enable-kvm \
  -boot order=c \
  -drive file=/dev/sda,format=raw,if=virtio \
  -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -net nic,model=virtio-net-pci \
  -net user,hostfwd=tcp::3389-:3389 \
  -vnc :0 \

    Dedicated Servers with Physical Drive:

    qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -m 1G \
  -cpu qemu64,+nx \
  -enable-kvm \
  -boot order=c \
  -drive file=/dev/sda,format=raw \
  -device usb-ehci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -net nic,model=virtio-net-pci \
  -net user,hostfwd=tcp::3389-:3389 \
  -vnc :0 \
    Thanked by 2t0m dev_vps
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    Running Windows 11 Enterprise
    @oplink VPS
    2 vCore Ryzen 9 7950X / 4 GB memory

    Thanked by 1javimuse
  • oplinkoplink Member, Patron Provider

    This is a really nice guide!

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    It is important to keep Windows RDP secured.
    1. Use a custom id as account with admin privileges
    2. Make default Administrator account as disabled
    3. Use non standard port for connecting with Windows RDP

  • t0mt0m Member

    1. Allow only your IP address via the Windows Firewall to connect to RDP. Edit the 2 rules “ Remote Desktop - User Mode (TCP-In)” & “ Remote Desktop - User Mode (TCP-In)” go to the tab Scope and add your IP address(es) under Remote IP address. (You can do the same with the rule “ File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)” if you want to be able to ping your host frim your IP address or monitoring system).

    2. Disable all incoming firewall rules, except for the 2 RDP rules. Note: With some providers you will lose connection to your host, after rebooting (due to not being able to obtain a network address). Please apply and test this only if you have VNC/IPMI access, or make a Powershell script to disable the firewall rules and enable them again after 5 minutes or so if you want to try some things out.

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  • hzhoangleehzhoanglee Member

    @dev_vps said:

    @javimuse said:

    @warih said:
    Do you have a lightweight version of Windows for small VPS?

    I build a ISO for you based in "Windows Server 2022 BaseLineEdition - LiteOS #2023.8 #noMetro #superlite #dotNETALL"

    I add the VirtIO + Intel drivers
    Size: 1.97GB

    ARCHIVE.ORG - GOOGLE DRIVE BACKUP

    You need set a administrator password, and enable remote desktop in Server Manager and Remote Desktop service from services.msc

    This is amazing. Much appreciated @javimuse

    I'm wondering if it works on a Scaleway Stardust VM. I think I should give it a try.

  • churongconchurongcon Member

    I think you can use https://tinyinstaller.top/

    Just only one command to install winserver on linux :wink:

    Thanked by 2Frameworks t0m
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    @churongcon said:
    I think you can use https://tinyinstaller.top/

    Just only one command to install winserver on linux :wink:

    Main point -

    • It is hard to trust the iso being used to deploy the OS. It is always a good idea to use iso directly from Microsoft links.
    Thanked by 2Frameworks t0m
  • WhiteRoseGWhiteRoseG Member

    @churongcon said:
    I think you can use https://tinyinstaller.top/

    Just only one command to install winserver on linux :wink:

    Only windows server 2012 so not usable for me

    Thanked by 1javimuse
  • hyperblasthyperblast Member

    @dev_vps said:
    It is important to keep Windows RDP secured.
    1. Use a custom id as account with admin privileges
    2. Make default Administrator account as disabled
    3. Use non standard port for connecting with Windows RDP

    how about a qualified hwo-to?!

  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member

    @WhiteRoseG said:

    Only windows server 2012 so not usable for me

    Windows Server 2012 is no longer supported (EOL last year) and should never be used due to security factors

  • WhiteRoseGWhiteRoseG Member

    @dev_vps said:

    @WhiteRoseG said:

    Only windows server 2012 so not usable for me

    Windows Server 2012 is no longer supported (EOL last year) and should never be used due to security factors

    Exactly

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