olivierdagenais / HyperHobo

HyperHobo is a bit of automation around Windows Hyper-V

HyperHobo

HyperHobo is a bit of automation around Windows Hyper-V

Requirements

1. Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise. This might also work on Windows Server 2019 and up.
2. The "Hyper-V" feature enabled (HyperHobo was only tested with all of the sub-features enabled), which can can be done via the following, with more details available at Install Hyper-V on Windows 10:
   1. Open an elevated PowerShell prompt
   2. Run Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName "Microsoft-Hyper-V-All" -All -Online
   3. Reboot
3. A virtual machine with at least one checkpoint.

Try it

Assuming you've cloned this repository and that hh.bat is available in your PATH (or you prefix a path before any hh.bat):

1. Create a file called HyperHoboConfig.ps1 in the current folder, adding the following variables and values for them:

   Variable Name	Description
   $vmName	The name of the virtual machine in Hyper-V
   $hostName	The name to set in the HOSTS file to go with the VM's IP address (optional)

2. Run hh.bat apply "<checkpoint name>"

Example

I imported the "MSEdge on Win10 (x64) Stable 1809" from Virtual Machines - Microsoft Edge Developer into Hyper-V and the VM was named MSEdge - Win10. I created a checkpoint (called Imported) before booting the first time and then created another checkpoint (called example) after playing around for a bit.

My HyperHoboConfig.ps1 file looks like this:

$vmName = "MSEdge - Win10";
$hostName = "msedge.example.com";

I can then run hh.bat apply "example" from that directory and the output will be something like:

Turning off 'MSEdge - Win10'...
Restoring 'MSEdge - Win10' to 'example'...
Turning on 'MSEdge - Win10'...
Waiting for 'MSEdge - Win10'...
Setting msedge.example.com -> 172.28.34.89