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This is already in rST (whut?), but we should add a license and make the formatting a little more consistent. Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <[email protected]>
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Open vSwitch Windows installer | ||
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may | ||
not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain | ||
a copy of the License at | ||
This project generates a MSI installer for Open vSwitch on Windows, including | ||
CLI executables, services and the Hyper-V vswitch forwarding extension. | ||
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | ||
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | ||
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT | ||
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the | ||
License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations | ||
under the License. | ||
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Convention for heading levels in Open vSwitch documentation: | ||
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======= Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document) | ||
------- Heading 1 | ||
~~~~~~~ Heading 2 | ||
+++++++ Heading 3 | ||
''''''' Heading 4 | ||
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Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well. | ||
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============== | ||
Windows README | ||
============== | ||
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This directory contains tooling to generate an MSI installer for Open vSwitch | ||
on Windows, including CLI executables, services and the Hyper-V vswitch | ||
forwarding extension. | ||
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Requirements | ||
------------ | ||
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Visual Studio 2013 community, professional, premium or ultimate edition | ||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ||
* Visual Studio 2013 | ||
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Community, Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions can be used. | ||
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Visual Studio Community 2013 is freely available at: | ||
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx | ||
Visual Studio Community 2013 is freely available from `visualstudio.com | ||
<https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx>`__ | ||
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WiX Toolset 3.9 | ||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ||
* WiX Toolset 3.9 | ||
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Download and install from: | ||
http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable | ||
Download and install from `wixtoolset.org | ||
<http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable>`__ | ||
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Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x86.msm | ||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ||
* ``Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x86.msm`` | ||
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This Windows merge module is available with Visual Studio and contains the | ||
Visual C++ 2013 x86 runtime redistributables files. | ||
Copy the file in the *Redist* directory. | ||
This Windows merge module is available with Visual Studio and contains the | ||
Visual C++ 2013 x86 runtime redistributables files. Copy the file in the | ||
``Redist`` directory. | ||
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Open vSwitch installer | ||
---------------------- | ||
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The installer will be generated under the following path: | ||
* windows\ovs-windows-installer\bin\Release\OpenvSwitch.msi | ||
The installer will be generated under the following path:: | ||
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Note: the kernel driver needs to be signed. | ||
windows\ovs-windows-installer\bin\Release\OpenvSwitch.msi | ||
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.. note:: | ||
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Build instructions | ||
The kernel driver needs to be signed. | ||
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Build Instructions | ||
------------------ | ||
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Build the solution in the Visual Studio IDE or via command line: | ||
Build the solution in the Visual Studio IDE or via command line:: | ||
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msbuild ovs-windows-installer.sln /p:Platform=x86 /p:Configuration=Release | ||
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Silent installation | ||
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msiexec /i OpenvSwitch.msi ADDLOCAL=OpenvSwitchCLI,OpenvSwitchDriver /l*v log.txt |