Vagrant-Windows 7 with Visual Studio

[saisin...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

I need to make a windows 7 vm with Visual Studio 2010 in it. I am unsure of how to go about this process. Where can I get legitimate windows box that I can use and i am specifically looking for one with VS-2010. If I can't get one with Visual Studio already on it, how can I install Visual studio using the vagrant file. Do I need to run a shell provisioner and if so how. I believe that the VS installation requires a key and how do I handle this?There are very limited resources for provisioning in a windows box. Your healpis greatly appreciated.

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

There are some licenses issues on sharing boxes, however you can
download a build your own box with a evaluation key.

Basically you would need:

- Create a base box, either manually or with packer.io
- install VS either manually or with a tool like Chocolatey or some scripts.

If you do this manually, you can use vagrant package to create the box.
If you do this with packer, packer can create the vagrant box for you.


For automated setup, have a look at:

https://github.com/jen20/packer-windows-visualstudio

https://github.com/robertmircea/packer-collections

Thanks
Alvaro.

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[Torben Knerr]

If you are looking for packer templates for baseboxes, boxcutter is pretty good:

https://github.com/boxcutter

For Windows baseboxes specifically:

https://github.com/boxcutter/windows

HTH, Torben

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