- #Windows 10 iso for vmware fusion how to#
- #Windows 10 iso for vmware fusion install#
Execute the “build.ps1” file with PowerShell to start the Packer image build process. From what I hear, they are just cosmetic. There are a couple of things that you cant do in Microsoft 10 with the free version apparently, but I havent run into any issues. Just dont enter one in that section of the installation. Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $github -OutFile $" With Microsoft giving away the ISO for free, a product key is not needed to run Microsoft 10. $webclient.DownloadFile($packurl, $packdownload)Įxpand-Archive $packdownload -DestinationPath $downloadfolder $packdownload = $downloadfolder + $packdown $packurl = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri | Select-Object -Expand links | Where-Object href -match "//releases\.hashicorp\.com/$product/\d.*/$product_.*_windows_amd64\.zip$" | Select-Object -Expand href Write-Verbose "Folder '$downloadfolder' already exists." New-Item -Path $downloadfolder -ItemType Directory | Out-Null Write-Verbose "Creating '$downloadfolder' folder" $checkdir = Test-Path -Path $downloadfolder # $ErrorActionPreference = "Silentl圜ontinue" Create within the download folder the Packer folder structure (line 41-45). Download my Github Packer repository to the local download folder (line 35-39). Download the latest Packer version and unzip the package (line 19-30). Create a download folder such as c:\Packer (line 6-17). 
Run the following PowerShell script ( link).
Colin Westwater of has blogged about a solution that can be found here, link. During my first deployment, the following build issue occurred Build “ Could not determine network mappings from files in the path: C:/Program Files (x86)/VMware/VMware Workstation“.The newly created image must be able to access the internet for downloading the latest VMware Tools version.You can use this link for downloading the latest Windows 10 ISO for example
#Windows 10 iso for vmware fusion install#
In this example I create a Windows 10 image with the latest VMware Tools installed, the installation of the Evergreen module, and automatically install the latest Windows updates. With Packer, the vmware-iso builder is used for creating images with VMware Workstation/Fusion.
#Windows 10 iso for vmware fusion how to#
In this blog post, I show how to build a Windows 10 image with Packer and VMware Workstation. For building Windows 10 images with Packer and using VMware Workstation there is not much information available. The VMware Fusion Easy Install method supports Windows 10. But sometimes it’s useful to use VMware Workstation for local testing purposes. Most of the time I use Packer against a VMware vSphere and Microsoft Azure environment.
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