05_windows

Windows Server 2019

Create service account and Compute Engine virtual machine instance with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 as operating system.

Configuration

Configuration other than default values:

Variable	Description	Value
MY_GCP_GCE_NAME	Name of GCE virtual machine instance	windows
MY_GCP_GCE_TYPE	GCE machine type	g1-small [vCPU: shared, RAM: 1.7 GB]
MY_GCP_GCE_DISK_BOOT_SIZE	Size of the boot disk	64GB
MY_GCP_GCE_DISK_BOOT_TYPE	Type of the boot disk	pd-standard (HDD)
MY_GCP_GCE_IMAGE_FAMILY	Image family for the OS that the boot disk will be initialized with	windows-2019
MY_GCP_GCE_IMAGE_PROJECT	Project against image family references	windows-cloud

64GB HDD results in poor I/O performance. If you don't want that you have to change the disk type and size and spend more money. For more information, please see: https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#performance.

Pricing

Google Cloud Pricing Calculator

• Region: Finland
• 730 total hours per month
• VM class: regular
• Instance type: g1-small (USD 14.46) [Sustained Use Discount applied]
• Operating System / Software: Paid (USD 16.79)
• Sustained Use Discount: 30%
• Effective Hourly Rate: USD 0.043
• Zonal standard PD: 64 GiB (USD 2.82) [HDD not SSD! When the instance is shut down, you only pay the ring price for the disc.]
• Total Estimated Cost: USD 34.07 per 1 month

Windows Server 2019 usage fee billed by Google:

• EUR 0.02/hour (EUR 12.38/month) for f1-micro and g1-small machine types
• EUR 0.03/core/hour (EUR 24.77/core/month) for all other machine types

Information without guarantee.

Scripts

• 01_create_windows.sh : Create service account and Compute Engine virtual machine instance
• 02_reset_windows_password.sh : Reset and return a password for a Windows machine instance
• 10_rdp_windows.sh : Starts an IAP TCP forwarding tunnel for RDP
• 20_serial_console_windows.sh : Connecting to the serial console
• 99_delete_windows.sh : Delete Compute Engine virtual machine instance and service account
• ZZ_debug.sh : For debugging only

Snapshots

If you don't need your VM for a long time you can make a snapshot from the disk. You can then delete the VM and the disk (99_delete_windows.sh). If you need the VM with the data again, you can create a new fresh VM from the snapshot.

• 30_create_snapshot_windows.sh : Create snapshot of Compute Engine persistent boot disk
• 31_create_from_snapshot_windows.sh : Create Compute Engine persistent boot disk from last snapshot and create virtual machine instance with created disk
• 39_delete_snapshots_windows.sh : Delete all Compute Engine boot disk snapshots from specific instance

You will then save the disk cost and pay only the very cheap snapshot price.

• Regional snapshot storage $0.029 per GB in europe-north1 (Finland)
• Multi-regional snapshot storage $0.0286 per GB in eu (European Union) [DEFAULT]

Example:

# Create snapshot
bash 30_create_snapshot_windows.sh
# Delete SA, Disk and VM
bash 99_delete_windows.sh
# Later, create new VM from snapshot
bash 31_create_from_snapshot_windows.sh
# Delete all snapshots
bash 39_delete_snapshots_windows.sh

RDP

Connect to Windows Server via RDP.

1. Starts an IAP TCP forwarding tunnel for RDP with script 10_rdp_windows.sh
2. Connect to local IP 127.19.72.6 via RDP client

Software

Use the storage bucket created in step 03 to exchange installation files for extra software.

SAP GUI for Windows

Download the SAP GUI for Windows installation archive from the web page: https://developers.sap.com/trials-downloads.html?search=sap+gui+for+windows

1. Download the SAP_GUI_for_Windows.rar archive
2. Unrar archives with 7-Zip or WinRAR
3. Copy unpacked folder to ../storage_bucket/windows/
4. Run the script 10_sync_storage_bucket.sh in folder 03_storage to synchronize the files to the bucket

Chrome

Download the latest stable Chrome browser for Windows installation archive from the web page: https://chromeenterprise.google/browser/download/

1. Download the GoogleChromeEnterpriseBundle64.zip archive
2. Unzip archive with 7-Zip or with the standard ZIP program of your operating system
3. Copy unpacked folder to ../storage_bucket/windows/
4. Run the script 10_sync_storage_bucket.sh in folder 03_storage to synchronize the files to the bucket

Install

Connect to Windows Server via RDP.

Google Cloud SDK

Start Google Cloud SDK Shell:

Synchronize bucket

Download bucket content with command:

gsutil -m rsync -r "gs://<MY_GCP_STORAGE>/windows" "%HOMEPATH%\Downloads"

Example:

gsutil -m rsync -r "gs://storage-bucket-name/windows" "%HOMEPATH%\Downloads"

Setup

Run the setup programs from the Downloads folder.

SAP GUI for Windows:

Google Chrome: