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I already merged today’s Vagrantfile for Windows host with one created the last time. We can fix that by starting Linux cluster we created before, or by implementing step 4. # => default: 2 03:46:05 manager: No servers available We can start with configuring a standalone Consul Windows VM and when it’s done we can merge it with the rest of the cluster.Īs with Linux VMs, vagrant init mwrock/windows2016 -minimal will produce pretty standard Vagrantfile: I found mwrock/Windows2016 evaluation box to be reasonably well maintained, so I’ll use it for today. What about adding the fourth one on Windows? That should be easy. We still have a cluster of three Linux hosts with Consul agents on them. Provisioning should be done in PowerShell, hurrah! Don’t get me wrong, I used to hate PowerShell, but spending so much time with it gave me some sort of Stockholm syndrome, so now I think it’s quite OK. Another thing is that Vagrant communicates to Windows guest OS via WinRM, so again, unless box creator opened WinRM ports and configured Vagrant communicator to use them ( config.vm.communicator = "winrm") you’ll need to do it by yourself in Vagrantfile. Unless Windows box creator indicated that VM should be created with doubled size of CPU cores and memory, you’ll have to do that by yourself. But even though PowerShell works on Linux now, the piece responsible for remote connections is not quite there yet, so unless you’re using Windows host OS, this command is not for you. Surprisingly, vagrant rdp – remote desktop protocol client – is the only more or less cross platform ( Linux, Mac) way of getting into Windows guest OS. vagrant powershell on the other hand is more Windows friendly mean of remoting to guest OS. Remoting into VMĬonnecting to Windows VM via vagrant ssh is doable, but not without SSH server installed onto guest OS. You can find something in evaluation mode to experiment on, or create your own box, but at some point you’ll need to take care of Windows activation. Things to keep in mind Licensingīecause it’s not particularly free OS, one cannot just pick random Windows box and put it into production. But there’re some things to keep in mind though. In fact, Windows support has been around for years. However, you can create and provision Windows VMs with Vagrant with little to no problem.

#Setting up a windows vm on mac archive#

From there, click 7-Zip > Open archive > Cab to open the EXE file in the 7-Zip File Manager.Using Vagrant for creating Consul cluster on Linux probably was fun. But what about Windows hosts? Believe it or not, but more than half of developers are actually using Windows, so for most of the folks seeing how Vagrant creates Linux VMs is pretty useless.

Once 7-Zip is installed, locate your Windows XP installer file in Windows File Explorer, then right-click the file.

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If your PC doesn’t already have it installed, download and install 7-Zip before you proceed.

This XP installer is only supported by Windows 7, so we’ll need to extract the files you’ll need from it to get XP to run on Windows 10. If the file is no longer hosted on Microsoft, you can download it from CNET.

If your PC is ready, download the Windows XP Mode EXE file from the Microsoft website (named WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe).

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The operating system you use will also need to be supported by VirtualBox, the software we’ll be using to run Windows XP.

#Setting up a windows vm on mac windows 10#

You can use another operating system, but these instructions have been designed with Windows 10 in mind. To begin using your Windows XP virtual machine, you’ll need to use a PC running Windows 10, with virtualization enabled in the BIOS or UEFI settings. Downloading Windows XP and Extracting Installation Files