This folder contains everything you will need to build a Windows image, with the CircleCI dsc resources, on CircleCI. For more information on setting up VM service, which includes specifying your new Windows image for your users, see our VM Service guide.

Add your aws keys as env vars to the build in the CircleCI using:

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Update the owner in windows/visual-studio/packer.yaml if you configured the keys under a different account to the once your Circleci Server installation is under.

• Sets up winrm.
• Adds scripts for removing winrm when we are ready to clean up.
• Copies over ImageHelpers and CircleDSCResources to the powershell module path.
• Runs some configuration to get the machine ready to use DSC and clean up some defaults that are not helpful.
• Runs DSC and restarts the machine a few times to let it continue through the configuration process.
• Runs Pester tests to validate that the image is configured correctly. These tests are designed to ensure that all of the software is actually callable not just “installed”.
• Reenables Windows Defender and runs the virus scanner.
• Disables Windows Defender to improve performance.
• Copies: test results, the choco logs, and the software.md (a list of everything we install and test for the presence of) off of the host.
• Installs the SSH server and enables the cleanup script that runs on shutdown (check out the aws packer scripts for exactly how that works).
• Creates a Windows AMI.