{"id":3645,"date":"2019-04-14T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T17:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohamedh.ml\/blog\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2020-01-17T13:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T13:40:32","slug":"installing-windows-on-hetzner-dedicated-service-hidden-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/installing-windows-on-hetzner-dedicated-service-hidden-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing windows on hetzner dedicated server [hidden trick]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever needed to install a windows OS on a dedicated server, then you probably ran into the high fees most data centers will charge for installing a windows OS.<br \/>\nThe fee for Hetzner is around 21\u20ac \/ month.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, you don&#8217;t have always have to pay these ridiculous fees. In the Article I will explain how to install an OS on your server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you already know what a server is.<\/li>\n<li>you know how to rent a dedicated server from Hetzner and how to login to Robot panel.<\/li>\n<li>you have already installed(or know how to install) windows on a regular computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hetzner offers access to Lara, a remote KVM console. Allowing you to completely control your server, access bios options and boot devices. This allows you to control the server as if you were physically there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.hetzner.de\/index.php\/KVM-Console\/en\">https:\/\/wiki.hetzner.de\/index.php\/KVM-Console\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From hetzner&#8217;s wiki:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hetzner offers a remote console which can be attached to any dedicated server. This remote console provides KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) over-IP capabilities and allows full BIOS level control of the server. It is useful for troubleshooting a server, especially in cases where SSH can&#8217;t be used. The boot menu can be accessed and network configuration errors can be fixed. The console has virtual media support, so it can be used to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.hetzner.de\/index.php\/KVM-Console\/en#Installing_an_OS\">install a custom Operating System by mounting an ISO file<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The remote consoles are called &#8220;KVM Console&#8221;. This term comes from the name of the original remote consoles that were offered. While they have since been upgraded by more modern solutions, the name has been kept.<\/p>\n<p>A KVM Console is free for 3 hours. If it is required for a longer period of time it can be booked for \u20ac 8.40 per additional 3 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that Java is required when using the KVM console feature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The free 3 hours is more than enough for us.<\/p>\n<p>Also Please note that mounting iso via the network\/virtual media support is extremely slow.<br \/>\nHere comes the hidden trick. Hetzner can attach a temporary USB drive to your server. They will&nbsp; mount an iso file on it of your choice, free of charge. You can either tell them the iso you want from their collection, or send them a direct link to a specific iso of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>So here are the steps:<br \/>\n1. login to Robot.<br \/>\n2. go to requests and select lara console. Specify the time you want then in the comment section add a note asking for a temporary drive. You can write something the lines of:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>hello, I would kindly like to request a temporary usb drive with windows server 2016 iso. Thanks in advance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>hello, I would kindly like to request a temporary usb drive with the following iso<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/custom_link_to_your.iso\/file.iso<br \/>\nThanks in advance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>3- you will receive an automated confirmation email, then you will receive another email with a link, username and password.<\/p>\n<p>4- open the link, usually the username is kunde and they send a random password. Once login download the .jar file (for more explanation for this part check the wiki link at the beginning of the article).<\/p>\n<p>5- Once you download the .jar file, open it, a window will appear, this is the screen of your server, you will see everything in real time as if you were in the data center. If the server isn&#8217;t already booted in the installation process click &#8220;confirm ctrl+alt+del&#8221; at the top left corner to restart the server and once the server reboots try&nbsp; clicking&nbsp; del, f6, f8, f11 or f12(button may vary depending on the server) to get in the boot menu.<\/p>\n<p>6- from the boot menu choose the USB drive, usually&nbsp;Pepper&#8212;something, or Jetflash&#8230;<br \/>\n7- Now the installation process of your iso image will start.<br \/>\n8- follow the on screen instructions and make sure to activate the appropriate remote services of your OS.<br \/>\nOn windows you will need to activate remote desktop connection from<br \/>\nthis pc&gt; properties&gt; remote settings (on the left) &gt; Allow remote connections to this computer.<br \/>\nMake sure the firewall is adjusted correctly and that you can access the server via remote desktop connection.<\/p>\n<p>9- once you set-up remote access, you can close that slow laggy kvm and rely on rdp&nbsp; to install you custom apps and do everything you need.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any question don&#8217;t hesitate to ask in the comments section!<br \/>\nEnjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever needed to install a windows OS on a dedicated server, then you probably ran into the high fees most data centers will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3738,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohamedh.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}