dev-box

Windows 2016 Cell for Cloud Foundry with bosh-lite

Requirements

• Running Bosh Lite - https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-lite
• Cloud Foundry deployment on Bosh Lite - https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-release
• Diego deployment ( v0.1486.0 ) on Bosh Lite - https://github.com/cloudfoundry/diego-release/tree/develop/examples/bosh-lite
• Vagrant ( >= 1.8.6) and Virtualbox
• Add the Windows 2016 lifecycle to diego lifecycle_bundles: "buildpack/windows2016:windows2016_app_lifecycle/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz"

# Run the following script to change the diego deployment manifest to add the extra windows2016 lifecycle_bundle

cd ~/workspace/diego-release

git apply << EOM
diff --git a/manifest-generation/diego.yml b/manifest-generation/diego.yml
index b20b724..9d64b4f 100644
--- a/manifest-generation/diego.yml
+++ b/manifest-generation/diego.yml
@@ -602,6 +602,12 @@ properties:
       dropsonde_port: (( config_from_cf.metron_agent.dropsonde_incoming_port ))
       log_level: (( property_overrides.cc_uploader.log_level || nil ))
     nsync:
+      lifecycle_bundles:
+        - "buildpack/cflinuxfs2:buildpack_app_lifecycle/buildpack_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "buildpack/windows2012R2:windows_app_lifecycle/windows_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "buildpack/windows2016:windows2016_app_lifecycle/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "docker:docker_app_lifecycle/docker_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+
       diego_privileged_containers: (( property_overrides.nsync.diego_privileged_containers || nil ))
       dropsonde_port: (( config_from_cf.metron_agent.dropsonde_incoming_port ))
       bbs:
@@ -618,6 +624,12 @@ properties:
         basic_auth_password: (( config_from_cf.cc.internal_api_password ))
       log_level: (( property_overrides.nsync.log_level || nil ))
     stager:
+      lifecycle_bundles:
+        - "buildpack/cflinuxfs2:buildpack_app_lifecycle/buildpack_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "buildpack/windows2012R2:windows_app_lifecycle/windows_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "buildpack/windows2016:windows2016_app_lifecycle/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+        - "docker:docker_app_lifecycle/docker_app_lifecycle.tgz"
+
       diego_privileged_containers: (( property_overrides.stager.diego_privileged_containers || nil ))
       dropsonde_port: (( config_from_cf.metron_agent.dropsonde_incoming_port ))
       cc:
EOM

./scripts/generate-bosh-lite-manifests
bosh -n --deployment ~/workspace/diego-release/bosh-lite/deployments/diego.yml deploy

• Upload the Windows 2016 lifecycle build to "access_z1" bosh job

# Use the following script to upload the new lifecycle.
# N.B. Run this script again if the bosh job is restarted or recreated

cd /tmp
bosh -n target 192.168.50.4 lite
bosh -n login admin admin
bosh -n download manifest cf-warden-diego cf-warden-diego.yml
bosh deployment cf-warden-diego.yml

curl -L -o windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/ov1lgry9q45deebg/artifacts/output%2Fwindows_app_lifecycle-1c8273c.tgz"
bosh scp access_z1/0 windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz /tmp/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz  --upload
bosh ssh access_z1/0 -- sudo mkdir -p /var/vcap/jobs/file_server/packages/windows2016_app_lifecycle "&&" sudo cp /tmp/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz /var/vcap/jobs/file_server/packages/windows2016_app_lifecycle/windows2016_app_lifecycle.tgz

• Add windows2016 stack to Cloud Foundry deployment

cf curl /v2/stacks -X POST -d '{"name":"windows2016","description":"Windows Server Core 2016"}'

Create a Windows 2016 vagrant box for VirtualBox

Install VirtualBox, packer, get the Windows Server 2016 Evaluation ISO and download the following packer bundle https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows/tree/b2a7684f75b533091733ae5fb25609af233e1284

To build the vagrant box run the following command from the packer-windows directory:

packer build --only=virtualbox-iso ^
 --var 'iso_url=D:/software/14393.0.160715-1616.RS1_RELEASE_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO' ^
 ./windows_2016_docker.json

N.B: The build usually takes a couple of hours, depending on your internet connection quality.

After the packer build is finished, add the box to vagrant:

vagrant box add windows_2016_docker_virtualbox.box   --name windows_2016_docker_virtualbox_rs1_v1

Usage

Run vagrant up from the dev-box directory and wait for the deployment to complete. To access the Windows VM use vagrant rdp, or connect directly to 192.168.50.16 using Remote Desktop Connection.