diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_base_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_base_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fda2d0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_base_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ECHO %time% Cleaning up autostart and log directories
+DEL /S /Q %AUTODIR%
+DEL /S /Q %LOGDIR%
+
+ECHO %time% Looking for %IMGDIR%\%INSTALLFILE%
+IF EXIST %IMGDIR%\%INSTALLFILE% goto got_install_iso
+ECHO.
+ECHO %INSTALLFILE% not found in %IMGDIR%.
+ECHO.
+ECHO To proceed, I need the install ISO from
+ECHO %ISOURL%
+ECHO.
+goto :terminate
+
+:got_install_iso
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Found %IMGDIR%\%INSTALLFILE%
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Initialization done. Hit any key to continue.
+ECHO.
+PAUSE
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_node_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_node_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..530b71c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-begin_node_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+ECHO %time% Cleaning up autostart and log directories
+DEL /S /Q %AUTODIR%
+DEL /S /Q %LOGDIR%
+
+ECHO %time% Looking for %IMGDIR%\%BASEDISK%
+IF EXIST %IMGDIR%\%BASEDISK% goto got_base_disk
+ECHO.
+ECHO %BASEDISK% not found in %IMGDIR%.
+ECHO.
+ECHO You need to build a base disk before you can create node VMs.
+ECHO.
+goto :terminate
+
+:got_base_disk
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Found %IMGDIR%\%BASEDISK%
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Initialization done. Hit any key to continue.
+ECHO.
+PAUSE
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-create_hostnet_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-create_hostnet_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..867ba0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-create_hostnet_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Initialization done. Hit any key to continue.
+ECHO.
+PAUSE
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" --ip %MGMTNET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" --ip %MGMTNET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2" --ip %DATANET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2" --ip %DATANET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+VBoxManage hostonlyif create
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+ECHO VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #3" --ip %APINET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #3" --ip %APINET% --netmask 255.255.255.0
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :vbm_error
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-end_file_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-end_file_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b81a84ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-end_file_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Batch script seems to have succeeded.
+ECHO.
+
+GOTO :terminate
+
+REM Note: vbm_error falls through to terminate
+:vbm_error
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% VBoxManage returned with an error. Aborting.
+ECHO.
+
+:terminate
+ENDLOCAL
+PAUSE
+GOTO :eof
+
+REM ============================================================================
+REM
+REM End of program, function definitions follow
+REM
+REM ============================================================================
+:wait_auto
+IF EXIST %STATUSDIR%\done (
+    DEL %STATUSDIR%\done
+    GOTO :eof
+)
+TIMEOUT /T 5 /NOBREAK
+GOTO :wait_auto
+REM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+:wait_poweroff
+VBoxManage showvminfo %~1 --machinereadable|findstr poweroff
+IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 GOTO :eof
+TIMEOUT /T 2 /NOBREAK
+GOTO :wait_poweroff
+REM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+:vm_exists
+VBoxManage list vms|findstr %~1
+IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :eof
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% VM %~1 already exists. Aborting.
+ECHO.
+GOTO :terminate
+REM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce5c771d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-file_header_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+
+REM This is an automatically generated Windows batch file. It creates the
+REM %PRODUCT% for an OpenStack training-labs setup.
+
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
+
+ECHO.
+ECHO OpenStack labs for VirtualBox on Windows
+ECHO Generated by osbash (%USER%@%HOSTNAME%, %DATE%)
+ECHO.
+ECHO Create %PRODUCT%
+ECHO.
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-find_vbm_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-find_vbm_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a66ea53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-find_vbm_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+REM VBoxManage is not in PATH, but this is a good guess
+IF EXIST %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe (
+    SET PATH=%PATH%;%ProgramFiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox
+    ECHO.
+    ECHO %time% Found %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
+    ECHO.
+    GOTO :vbm_found
+)
+
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Searching %SystemDrive% for VBoxManage, this may take a while
+ECHO.
+FOR /r %SystemDrive% %%a IN (*) DO (
+    IF "%%~nxa"=="VBoxManage.exe" (
+        SET PATH=%PATH%;%%~dpa
+        ECHO %time% Found %%~dpnxa
+        GOTO :vbm_found
+    )
+)
+
+ECHO.
+ECHO %time% Cannot find VBoxManage.exe (part of VirtualBox) on %SystemDrive%.
+ECHO %time% Program stops.
+ECHO.
+GOTO :terminate
+
+:vbm_found
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+
diff --git a/labs/lib/wbatch/template-mkdirs_bat b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-mkdirs_bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf18e1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/lib/wbatch/template-mkdirs_bat
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+SET BATDIR=%~dp0
+PUSHD %BATDIR%..
+SET TOPDIR=%cd%
+POPD
+
+SET AUTODIR=%TOPDIR%\%P_AUTODIR%
+SET IMGDIR=%TOPDIR%\%P_IMGDIR%
+SET LOGDIR=%TOPDIR%\%P_LOGDIR%
+SET STATUSDIR=%TOPDIR%\%P_STATUSDIR%
+SET SHAREDIR=%TOPDIR%
+
+ECHO %time% Creating directories (if needed)
+IF NOT EXIST %AUTODIR% mkdir %AUTODIR%
+IF NOT EXIST %IMGDIR% mkdir %IMGDIR%
+IF NOT EXIST %LOGDIR% mkdir %LOGDIR%
+IF NOT EXIST %SHAREDIR% mkdir %SHAREDIR%
+
+REM vim: set ai ts=4 sw=4 et ft=dosbatch:
+