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* Do not commit the .venv file

* Fix packer formatting issues

* I am, once again, asking to fix the cache path

* Fix URI generation for tests

* Prevent prompting during Hyper-V tests

* Add more waits to hopefully build on GHA

* Hyper-V ISO expansion

Expand coverage of Hyper-V ISO to all distros except Debian
Simplify a few steps in the update/upgrade process for VMs
Edit the test script for Windows support

* Fix plugin cache path on Mac

* Point to the correct mirror URL
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# Building on Windows
It's probably a good idea to have Windows Terminal installed, if you
don't already. While it's not strictly necessary, it does provide a
much better interface than the standard command prompt interface.
1. Be sure that Hyper-V is installed and enabled on your system
1. Download and install packer.exe to your system, and add the folder it is in to your user's PATH environment variable
1. Download the [Windows ADK](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install) being sure to select
at the least "Deployment Tools" from the feature set.
1. To see more details, including a walkthrough, check [this web page](https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-iso-folder-command-prompt/)
1. Be sure to add the install path for the Oscdimg tool to your Windows PATH.
1. On my system, that path is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg"
1. Open PowerShell (on my system I had to run as administrator), and ensure that you have access to python
1. If you type "python" at the prompt and do not have it installed, it should prompt you to install from the Store
1. Do not install the version downloaded from the Internet unless you know what you're doing
* Get ahead of the curve and create an external switch called `packer-amd64` that connects directly to the external network
1. Install [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install)
* Use Chocolatey to install packer `choco install packer`
* Use Chooolatey to install the Windows Assessment and Development Kit's CD tooling `choco install windows-adk-oscdimg`
1. Install Python
* From a PowerShell prompt type `python`. If it is not already installed on your system, then your Windows Store will prompt you to install it. This might require you to be in an Administrator terminal
1. Create a venv `python -m venv .venv`
1. Activate it `.\.venv\scripts\Activate.ps1`
1. Install the packages in requirements-windows.txt
1. Install xonsh and PyYAML `pip install xonsh PyYAML`
1. Try a build
1. You can execute directly with the `packer` executable, if you want
1. If you want to wrap up standard options, or build multiple versions/distros at once, use the `build.xsh` file
1. `xonsh build.xsh -d <distro> -b hyperv-iso.amd64 -v`
1. You can substitute out any of the options with `-a` to build "all" targets that match
* You can execute directly with the `packer` executable, if you want
* If you want to wrap up standard options, or build multiple versions/distros at once, use the `build.xsh` file
* `xonsh build.xsh -d <distro> -b hyperv-iso.amd64 -v`
* You can substitute out any of the options with `-a` to build "all" targets that match
### Troubleshooting
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HTTP server on the host. To rectify this:
1. From the Windows Start/Search type "Firewall"
1. Click "Allow and App Through The Firewall"
1. Click "Allow an App Through The Firewall"
1. Click "Change Settings"
1. Scroll all the way down to where you find the entries for the packer-hyperv plugin
1. Ensure that all such plugin versions have the box on the left and BOTH boxes on the right checked
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1. Open Hyper-V Manager
1. In the right hand side, click "Virtual Switch Manager..."
1. Select the `packer-x86_64` switch
1. Select the `packer-amd64` switch
1. Set connection type to 'External'
1. In your DHCP server, assign a static IP address to MAC address "00:00:de:ad:be:ef"
1. Personally, I use dnsmasq and my subnet is 10.42.2.1/16 for DHCP, so the appropriate config line is `dhcp-host=00:00:de:ad:be:ef,10.42.2.254`
1. The actual IP address you assign is unimportant, and if you need to spoof a different Mac address, edit the file `sources/hyperv-iso.pkr.hcl`
1. Personally, I use dnsmasq and my subnet is 10.42.2.1/16 for DHCP, so the appropriate config line is `dhcp-host=00:00:de:ad:be:ef,10.42.2.254`
1. The actual IP address you assign is unimportant, and if you need to spoof a different Mac address, edit the file `sources/hyperv-iso.pkr.hcl`