feat: add support for ansible integration for windows images

[gcblack]

Summary of Pull Request

Add support for Ansible integration for Windows images:

• Moved all tasks from the windows-prepare.ps1 script to the newly added Ansible provisioner.
• Removed the windows_update provisioner and added that update task to the Ansible provisioner.

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• Documentation has been added or updated.

Breaking Changes?

• Yes, there are breaking changes.
• No, there are no breaking changes.

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[rcroft-work]

Hi Ryan/Allan,

Have been testing this PR in our environment where I can build Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2025 Insiders Preview.

However, I still have issues with Windows Server 2019/2022 and the "updating operating system" task - see attached windows-server-2019-error.txt and windows-server-2022-error.txt.

Also, have some minor changes remove warnings/etc but do not have the permissions to update the PR so have attached the changes as a git patch - see 0001-Tidy-up-packer-warnings-for-Ansible-support-for-Wind.patch.

windows-server-2019-error.txt

windows-server-2022-error.txt

0001-Tidy-up-packer-warnings-for-Ansible-support-for-Wind.patch

[tenthirtyam]

0001-Tidy-up-packer-warnings-for-Ansible-support-for-Wind.patch

Thanks, Richard! I've applied the patch!!

[tenthirtyam]

I have made some updates in cd3519a ; however, I am seeing the same issues for Windows Server 2019/2022 with Ansible updating the operating system but works as expected on Windows 10/11.

[tenthirtyam]

The Ansible seen during a build seem to be related to MS KB5034439 (Jan 09 2024) and the WinRE partition, but using a larger size does not correct the issue.

[tenthirtyam]

The Ansible seen during a build seem to be related to MS KB5034439 (Jan 09 2024) and the WinRE partition, but using a larger size does not correct the issue.

Workaround:

- name: "Updating the operating system."
  ansible.windows.win_updates:
    category_names:
      - SecurityUpdates
      - CriticalUpdates
    reject_list:
      - 5034439
    reboot: true

[tenthirtyam]

LGTM! 🚀

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