evanplaice / aceinfo

Aceinfo Vagrant Setup

Step 1 - Provision a Windows Server 2019 Box

After installing both VirtualBox and Vagrant provision a bare Windows Server 2019 box

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # use a Windows Server 2019 Standard base box
  config.vm.box = "gusztavvargadr/windows-server"
  # set the hostname
  config.vm.hostname = "aceinfo"
  # set the local IP Address
  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.50.4"
end

Build the VM

vagrant init

Check it with

vagrant ssh

References

• Machine Settings - Vagrant
• Building a Disposable Windows 2016 Domain Controller in 20 Minutes with Vagrant
• Windows 2018 Server Standard Box

Step 2 - Enable RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

Enable the Remote Desktop Protocol in the Windows Box

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # use RDP for communication
  config.vm.communicator = "winrm"
  # configure port forwarding for RDP
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3389, host: 3389

  # run the RDP configuration script
  config.vm.provision :enable_rdp, type: "shell", path: "scripts/enable-rdp.ps1"
end

Update the VM

vagrant reload --provision

Resources

• How do I RDP into my vagrant box - StackOverflow
• bigfix/vagrant-mssql - GitHub

Step 3 - Installing Software

This step will install the following using the Chocolatey CLI utility

• python3
• nginx
• sql server 2019 (dev)
• sql server management studio

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # run the chocolately installation script
  config.vm.provision :choco_install, type: "shell", path: "scripts/choco-install.ps1"

Update the VM

vagrant reload --provision

References

• Chocolatey.org
• Vagrant Part 5 - Installing Your Software

Step 4 - Configure MSSQL

This step enables MSSQLSERVER TCP access on port 1433

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # configure port forwarding for MSSQL
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 1433, host: 1433

  # run the MSSQL configuration script
  config.vm.provision :choco_install, type: "shell", path: "scripts/choco-install.ps1"
end

Update the VM

vagrant reload --provision

• How to: Enable or Disable a Server Network Protocol (SQL Server PowerShell)

Appendix A - Notes

Check if .NET is installed

get-windowsfeature net-framework*

• [How to enable a Windows feature via Powershell - StackOverflow]](https://stackoverflow.com/a/14236507/290340)

Search and List Windows Services

Use this to ensure that the background services are installed and running

sc query [service]

nginx

sc query nginx

mssql

sc query MSSQLSERVER

• Windows: List Services – CMD & PowerShell

Find MSSQL TCP Port

Find the PID (Process ID) in Task Manager then...

netstat -ano | findstr *PID*

• How to find SQL Server running port? - StackOverflow

Appendix B - Useful Tools

• Ruby Plugin for VSCode
• SQL Server Plugin for VSCode
• rDesktop - Remote Desktop Client for Linux