Windows Nano Server Installation configuration in detail 01: Installing the Nano server

Before installing Nano server, let's take a look at what the Nano Server features. Nano server gave me the first feeling is very small, very light, very fast, easy to install. The downside is that large-scale deployments require scripting tools such as PowerShell. The specific features are as follows:

1) Very small, VHD file only more than 500 MB;

2) A lightweight OS that consumes less resources than Server Core, with fewer default processes and services after the initial installation is complete;

3) Fewer patches to update, smaller attack surface;

4) Suitable for deploying IIS, DNS and other applications;

5) Suitable for deploying Windows container, Docker programs;

6) dedicated support for applications or services based on local private cloud;

For these features, the official Nano Server page has detailed instructions, which you can refer to:

Https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/get-started/getting-started-with-nano-server

The English documentation describes the Nano server in this way:

Nano Server. Nano server is a remotely administered server operating system optimized for private clouds and datacenters. It is similar to Windows server in Server Core mode, but significantly smaller, have no local logon capability, and only Su Pports 64-bit applications, tools, and agents. It takes up to less disk space, sets up significantly faster, and requires far fewer updates and restarts than Windows Se RVer. When it does restart, it restarts much faster. The Nano Server installation option is available to standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2016.

Nano Server is ideal for a number of scenarios:

1) as a "compute" host for Hyper-V virtual machines, either in clusters or not

2) as a storage host for Scale-out File Server.

3) as a DNS server

4) as a Web server running Internet information Services (IIS)

5) as a host for applications that is developed using cloud application patterns and run in a container or virtual machine Guest operating system

After reading the specific features of the Nano server, here's how to install Nano server.

First we need to go to Microsoft TechNet's Evaluation Center and download the Nano Server VHD version of Windows Server 2016.

Technet Evaluation Center Https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016/?i=1

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Then double-click on the downloaded EXE format file to extend the VHD out.

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Select Accept license Agreement,.

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Select the local path location to which to extend the VHD file.

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Click Extract to expand it.

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is expanding,.

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The extension is complete.

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The VHD file after the extension is complete.

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We changed the extended VHD file and directory to the same name, making it easier to deploy the new virtual machine in the next way.

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On Hyper-V, go to the wizard for the new virtual machine, enter the virtual machine name nano01 for the Nano server, match the directory and file name that we just named, and then enter the path D disk where the directory is located.

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Because our expanded Nano Server file format is VHD format, so here we need to select the type of virtual machine is "first generation", if you choose the second generation of virtual machine type, it will not recognize the VHD version of Nano server.

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Allocates memory,.

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Assign a network connection.

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Virtual hard disk Select an existing virtual hard disk, which is the VHD file of the Nano server that we just downloaded.

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Once you have confirmed the settings, click Finish.

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After you run the virtual machine, you can see the initial login interface for the nano server.

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The first section on the installation of Nano server is explained, and the initial configuration of Nano server will be explained in the next section.

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Windows Nano Server Installation configuration in detail 01: Installing the Nano server