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How to create windows vagrant box

  1. In Virtual Box create new Win7 machine, name it Win7x32 for exmple, install Windows.
  2. Run Win7x32 virtual machine
  3. Choose Work Network in network configuration dialog window
  4. Create new user vagrant with password vagrant with administrator privileges
  5. Login as a vagrant user
  6. Disable complex passwords
  • Start -> type GPEDIT.MSC in the search box command and press Enter
  • Computer Configuration -> Local Group Policy Editor -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy
  • Password must meet complexity requirements should be Disabled. If not - double-click on it and choose Disalbed
  1. Disable UAC
  • Start -> Control Panel
  • type uac in the search field in the top right corner
  • Change User Account Control settings -> move slider down (Never notify)
  1. Install cygwin
  2. Install and configure openssh (see howto)
  3. Configure ssh access using key
$ mkdir ~/.ssh
$ echo 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA6NF8iallvQVp22WDkTkyrtvp9eWW6A8YVr+kz4TjGYe7gHzIw+niNltGEFHzD8+v1I2YJ6oXevct1YeS0o9HZyN1Q9qgCgzUFtdOKLv6IedplqoPkcmF0aYet2PkEDo3MlTBckFXPITAMzF8dJSIFo9D8HfdOV0IAdx4O7PtixWKn5y2hMNG0zQPyUecp4pzC6kivAIhyfHilFR61RGL+GPXQ2MWZWFYbAGjyiYJnAmCP3NOTd0jMZEnDkbUvxhMmBYSdETk1rRgm+R4LOzFUGaHqHDLKLX+FIPKcF96hrucXzcWyLbIbEgE98OHlnVYCzRdK8jlqm8tehUc9c9WhQ== vagrant insecure public key' > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
  1. Create firewall rule for port 22:
  • Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Windows Firewall -> Advanced Settings -> Inbound Rules -> New Rule ...
  • For new rule choose Port -> TCP and a Specified local port of 22 -> Allow the connection -> check Domain and Private (uncheck Public) -> give the rule a name like SSH.
  1. Configure winrm: run cmd as Administrator and run next commands
$ winrm quickconfig -q
$ winrm set winrm/config/winrs @{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="512"}
$ winrm set winrm/config @{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}
$ winrm set winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}
$ winrm set winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic="true"}
$ sc config WinRM start= auto
  1. Install nodejs using corresponding package from http://nodejs.org/download/
  2. Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc.
prefix=C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm

If there is no Program Files (x86) directory, then it should be just Program Files. If you will not fix this file, then during npm install in ssh session you'll get error: Error: Failed to replace env in config: ${APPDATA} 15. Install python 2.x (required for node-gyp) 16. Install Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Desktop (english version, or there can be problems with encoding in ssh session) 17. Shut down Win7x32 virtual machine 18. In terminal go to png-img root directory 19. Run vagrant package --base Win7x32 --output win.box

How to configure openssh in windows

  1. In cygwin install openssh and some editor (vim for example)

  2. Run cygwin command prompt as Admininstrator

  3. Run

    # Sync cygwin users and groups and local users and groups
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group

# Run configurator
$ ssh-host-config
Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes
Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes
Should StrictModes be used? (yes/no) no
Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes
Should this script attempt to create a new local account 'sshd'? (yes/no) yes
Do you want to install sshd as a service? (yes/no) yes
Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: [] ntsec
Do you want to use a different name? (yes/no) no
Create new privileged user account '<machine_name>\cyg_server' (Cygwin name: 'cyg_server')? (yes/no) yes
Please enter the password: ssh

# Start service
$ net start sshd
The CYGWIN sshd service was started successfully!

  4. If there some errors or warnings see troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Error The specified local group does not exist:

$ ssh-host-config
...
*** Error: The specified local group does not exist
# Here is something about root group
...
$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group

# Remove sshd service
$ cygrunsrv --stop sshd
$ cygrunsrv --remove sshd
# Delete any sshd or related users (such as cyg_server) from /etc/passwd (use your favorite editor)
# Delete any sshd or relaged users (such as cyg_server) from the system
$ net user sshd /delete
$ net user cyg_server /delete

$ ssh-host-config

Warning Expected privileged user 'cyg_server' does not exist:

$ ssh-host-config
...
*** Warning: Expected privileged user 'cyg_server' does not exist
*** Warning: Defaulting to 'SYSTEM'

And after that ssh doesn't work.

# remove service
$ cygrunsrv --stop sshd
$ cygrunsrv --remove sshd

# install service with cyg_server user manually
$ cygrunsrv -I sshd -d "CYGWIN sshd" -p /usr/sbin/sshd -a "-D" -y tcpip -e "CYGWIN=ntsec" -u "cyg_server" -w "ssh"
$ net start sshd

Error The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started:

$ net start sshd
The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

The service did not report an error
...
$ tail -10 /var/log/sshd.log
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable

$ chown cyg_server /var/empty
$ net start sshd

Error invalid user cyg_server:

$ chown cyg_server /var/empty
invalid user cyg_server
# Assuming ssh-host-config already performed and user cyg_server created
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
$ chown cyg_server /var/empty