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New Release: Set-LinuxVM v4.0 (Unattended Linux VM Configuration Tool for Hyper-V)

Posted in Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Powershell | 7 Comments | 7,149 views | 04/05/2012 01:02

I’m very proud to announce you the new version of SetLinuxVM! Today, SetLinuxVM is 1 year old!

After number of bug fixes, improvements and new functionalities, Set-LinuxVM reached to version 4.0 stable.

Fixed bugs:
1) Hyper-V LIC iso unmount issue.
2) Getting network card information issue.
3) Installation logic

New functionalities:
1) RestAPI support!
2) SetLinux Web Access: Web application for provisioning.
3) Built-in powershell web server (PoSHServer)
4) OutXML switch for XML results

General functionalities:
1) Unattended IP, Hostname and DNS configuration for Linux VMs.
2) Automatic Linux integration components installation.
3) Multi Distro Support: Debian, Ubuntu, Centos, Fedora, Redhat, Suse and CloudLinux!
4) Automatic CPanel and Parallels Plesk installation.
5) Linux VM Template support
6) Hyper-V support! You don’t need SCVMM to use this script.
7) Multiple Hyper-V and SCVMM host support.
8) Automatic Emulated NIC to Synthetic NIC support.
9) No need to internet connection (SSH access etc.) or additional changes on VM.
10) Custom Answer File support! You can execute your own scripts.
11) Hyper-V v2 and Hyper-V v3 support (fully works on Windows Server 2012 Beta)
12) System Center VMM 2008 and System Center VMM 2012 support

Screenshots:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Download:

http://www.setlinuxvm.com

Donate: Thanks to support this open source project!

Usage:

1. First, you should allow signed Powershell scripts:

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

2. Extract file and move “SetLinuxVM” directory under to “C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules”.

3. Import as a module:

Import-Module SetLinuxVM

4. That’s it. To see how to use it:

Get-help Set-LinuxVM -full

5. Follow to instructions.

How to start SetLinuxVM Web Access?

1. Just go to Powershell and type:

Start-SetLinuxVMWA

You can search in my blog for how to create Linux VM templates!

Tags: hyper-v linux vm, Linux VM provisioning, setlinuxvm v4

Comments (7)

Joe

May 16th, 2012
19:40:34

Hi. Trying to install. Keep getting the following error.

Import-Module : File C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\SetLinuxVM\webserver/modules/functions.ps1 cann
ot be loaded. The file C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\SetLinuxVM\webserver/modules/functions.ps1 is
not digitally signed. The script will not execute on the system. Please see “get-help about_signing” for more details.

Any Ideas.

Thanks for your time.

admin

May 17th, 2012
11:53:28

Hello Joe,

Try to install latest version. Thats fixed in latest version.

http://www.setlinuxvm.com

Regards,

Yusuf.

Jason

June 29th, 2012
15:32:29

Are you sure that’s fixed. I just download the 4.0 zip and I receive the same error. Did you forget to upload the new zip with the corrections ?

On a side note is there any way to automate this via websitepanel for Linux installs ?

Jason

June 29th, 2012
15:36:51

Sorry disregard my last post. i see version 4.3 on the other site. would still like to know about a possible linux – websitepanel – hyper-v install template.

Report Bug

July 14th, 2012
09:46:13

If the password is wrong or the VM is in rebooting state, Set-LinuxVM still passes all the commands to the VM. The setup process will go into loop when the clear command is issued.

admin

July 14th, 2012
21:29:08

That’s very good feedback, thanks.

BTW, I have no chance to know if the password is wrong or not. But I can change some logic to make that better.

Yusuf.

admin

July 28th, 2012
16:22:07

Username and password issue when VM is in rebooting state is fixed with latest version. Please download SetLinuxVM v4.4.

Yusuf.