Could one of you prepare an .msi that we can host like the linux packages ?


On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:03 AM, Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> wrote:

> The ACS build avoids proprietary tools by building with Mono.
> 
> One option is to generate an MSI using WiX + Wine, see 
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK%2B/Win32/WiX
> 
> DL
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Anshul Gangwar
>> Sent: 24 January 2014 10:39
>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Donal Lafferty; Rajesh Battala
>> Cc: Paul Angus; Wido den Hollander
>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] HyperV msi
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I started working on packaging (making msi) the HyperV agent code at Github
>> - https://github.com/anshul1886/CloudStackAgentSetup. It does the
>> following
>> 
>> - packages all the needed files
>> - Prompts for user\password the HyperV agent should run under
>> - Option to create and install an SSL certificate since the communication
>> between mgmt server and HyperV agent is secure. One has also an option to
>> install a different ssl certificate. Procedure to install the certificate 
>> onto
>> HyperV agent is
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Manually+Creati
>> ng+and+installing+self+signed+certificate+for+CloudStack+Management+Se
>> rver+communication+with+Hyper-V+agent .
>> - option to update, upgrade and downgrade the installation.
>> 
>> Steps to generate msi are present here
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Creating+Hyperv
>> +Agent+Installer .
>> 
>> Only concern I have the existing code is using MSBUILD(.NET Framework)
>> and I am not sure about the licensing part of it. I am trying to figure it 
>> out.
>> Any help here is welcome. Please feel free to change the code\come up with
>> suggestions around this.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Anshul
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Radhika Puthiyetath [mailto:radhika.puthiyet...@citrix.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:48 PM
>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Donal Lafferty; Rajesh Battala
>> Cc: Paul Angus; Wido den Hollander
>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] HyperV msi
>> 
>> +1
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sebgoa [mailto:run...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:37 PM
>> To: Donal Lafferty; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Rajesh Battala
>> Cc: Paul Angus; Wido den Hollander
>> Subject: [DISCUSS] HyperV msi
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> In passing I saw some new docs from Radhika on Hyper-V. A first version
>> pointed to a cloudplatform.msi, Radhika modified it to point to the wiki:
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Creating+Hyperv
>> +Agent+Installer
>> 
>> Reading the wiki, it explains how to build the agent.exe file from source and
>> also points to a github project to build the installer.
>> 
>> I think we should build this installer and provide it as convenience msi just
>> like we provide convenience packages. We can then ask Wido to host it.
>> 
>> What do you guys think ? Can someone build a cloudstack hyperv agent msi
>> and get it to Wido for hosting ?
>> 
>> -Sebastien
>> 
>> On Jan 16, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> +1
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: sebgoa [mailto:run...@gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: 16 January 2014 09:53
>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>>>> Cc: Radhika Puthiyetath; Donal Lafferty
>>>> Subject: HyperV agent is called CloudPlatform
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I just noticed a recent commit by Radhika on documentation about Hyper-
>> V
>>>> agent:
>>>> 
>>>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack-
>>>> docs.git;a=blob_plain;f=en-US/hyperv-agent-
>>>> install.xml;h=5580b90637e864affd144f125dc89c05c42f6fce;hb=c6069b1
>>>> 
>>>> Can't you rename the .msi with CloudStack ?
>>>> 
>>>> -Sebastien
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