On Jan 27, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
> Don't forget that Hyper-V server is 'server core' so has no GUI. Therefore a 
> 'clickable' installer is not a lot of use.  I've been simply copying over my 
> agentshell directory and running 'AgentShell.exe --install' so I haven't 
> bothered building the installer.
> 

Paul, so does it make sense to make AgentShell.exe available somewhere for 
download ?

> The command line options for msiexec are below - can you document any 
> switches required to use the .msi from the command line.
> Msiexec command line:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul Angus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donal Lafferty [mailto:donal.laffe...@citrix.com]
> Sent: 26 January 2014 23:04
> To: Anshul Gangwar; dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Rajesh Battala
> Cc: Paul Angus; Wido den Hollander
> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] HyperV msi
> 
> 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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