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Windows is the brand name for a series of operating systems from Microsoft. Use this tag to describe questions about DevOps tools and practices on the Windows Operating System.

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Build Windows image for openstack with packer

I am trying to build Windows image for Openstack with packer, but i don't know how to add the autounattend.xml file or floppy files. I build the image with success from qemu but I cannot find the same ...
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Is running linux container on windows aws instance possible?

what I'm trying to achieve is running a Linux(ubuntu LST) container inside a windows server 2019 OS. The problem is that the windows OS runs as an AWS instance. There have been problem for me trying ...
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Remote connection from Docker container by FTP

I built my docker image and run it: docker run --rm -P -d test:latest Then I entered the command and opened connection: ftp open XXX I successfully connected and entered user data. After that I ...
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Jenkins build fails when no commits in the code (ChannelSftp.throwStatusError)

I have built a jenkins pipeline for executing a test on a windows server. Once the automated test report is generated on the windows server, it ships that report to a different server. There are ...
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Docker.Core.HttpBadResponseException: {"message":"2 errors occurred:\n\t* provisioning docker WSL distros: deploying

2 years cannot fix error install Docker on Windows Docker.Core.HttpBadResponseException: {"message":"2 errors occurred:\n\t* provisioning docker WSL distros: deploying \"docker-...
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Linux Cloud/Windows On Prem Deployments

I have sort of a unique problem where I have a cloud deployment (linux) that needs to be ported to an on-premise deployment (windows). The constraint is that this is medical software and hospitals ...
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Failed to start windows service with Start Parameter in golang

I've tried to create a executable as a windows service using golang based on example provided in https://github.com/golang/sys/tree/master/windows/svc/example I intended to create auto start service ...
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Issue building deb package using Docker/Windows

I am trying to create a way for our developers to be able to build deb packages from their Windows machines. We would like to reuse what we have for *nix so I've written a few batch scripts which are ...
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Azure DevOps Pipeline failure - Program does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point

I have been tasked with deploying an email service to an Azure tenant using Windows Containers. In my Pipeline (Azure DevOps), I am receiving the following error when in the build step: CSC : error ...
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Postgres initdb does nothing on Windows 2019?

I'm using Ansible to install Postgres 13 on a Windows 2019 machine. I downloaded the binaries from here and unzipped it to C:\PostgreSQL\13\pgsql, and added the path to the system path, all via ...
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Windows curl command corrupts zip files on upload to SFTP server

Per our IT department, I have to use a curl command to upload files to our SFTP server. I use a Jenkins pipeline to build our artifacts on Windows build nodes, which are *.zip files, and this is the ...
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Containerization tool for Windows-based applications with USB passthrough

Since DevOps isn't really my field of expertise regularly, please feel free to just point me in the right general direction if you think my question is too broad or in any other way insufficient :) I ...
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What feature of Windows used by Docker

I know docker is based on cgroups and namespaces in Linux operating system, but I wanted to know what feature in Windows used by docker to implement containers? Somebody could explain it?
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Preparing docker images containing different sets of preinstalled windows applications - possible?

I'm looking for a solution that allows to provide the predefined environments for developer work. Each environment should contain preinstalled 3rd party applications - most of them are GUI ...
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ansible win_copy cannot copy src file as it does not exist

I am trying to run a molecule test where it is supposed to create a VM and copy a binary from network UNC path to the VM but somehow it is failing with the below mentioned error. This is what the task ...
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Access GCP Managed Prometheus metrics from Grafana on Windows

I have installed Grafana (running at localhost:3000) and Prometheus (running at localhost:9090) on Windows 10, and am able to add the latter as a valid data source to the former. However, I want to ...
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Jenkins on Windows problems with plugin updates "unable to find valid certification path to requested target"

We have Jenkins running on a Windows machine behind a company proxy. I am getting a strange behavior/error when using diffrent kind of users and try to update plugins. The jenkins update site has a ...
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Is using a Docker to isolate production environment is the correct approach?

I’m new to containers. We have a Win10 Pro server. There are bunch of applications installed on it and a lot of garbage. In addition, the server has our production application (windows based) that ...
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Execute powershell on cifs share, Jenkinsfile on Windows agent

I am struggling with executing a powershell script with environment variables within a Jenkinsfile on a cifs/smb/samba share as a customworkspace. The Jenkins Agent is running on a Windows 10 VM This ...
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Docker compose volumes where can be found on host windows

I have docker-compose file with volumes section for given container: video-streaming: image: video-streaming build: context: ./video-streaming dockerfile: Dockerfile-dev container_name: video-...
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Updating strategy for a single executable on a file server

We use a Windows file server to store a program. The users (Windows) have a link to the file. If we want to update this program, we have to wait for the regular closing time. But sometimes a user does ...
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windows.win_shell not running as currently logged-in user

I am working on a playbook that is meant to upgrade software on a Windows machine. I would like to prompt any currently logged in users to cancel the upgrade if it is not a good time. I have the ...
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After launching from AMI, how to make the AWS Instance to be able to retrieve metadata?

I have a Windows Server 2016 instance and I created a snapshot of it. And then I deleted the instance. Now, when I create AMI from that snapshot and launch instance from that AMI, I cannot decrypt the ...
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What is the difference between CMD and terminal in Windows machine?

While using the Windows machine we face soo much trouble running the command line scripts on CMD(command prompt). Few commands run successfully but some are not. Why is there any difference between ...
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Jenkins Slaves cannot connect to the Master Jenkins

I switched the Jenkins to using https on port 8080 . After a restart of the Jenkins,the slaves cannot reconnect. I changed only Jenkins location from Configure System -> Jenkins Location -> ...
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