About

labbuildr is a Framework based upon vmxtookit.
labbuildr allows on demand creation of lab environments
labbuildr deploys the folowing scenarios:
- Exchange / Exchange DAG 2010,2013,2016
- SQL / SQL Always on 2012,2014,2016
- Hyper-V
- Standalone VM´s
- Sharepoint
- Mastering ESXi Installs
- Automating EMC ScaleIO Installs
- DELL|EMC Isilon
- Networker
- Avamar
- System Center
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Update

to update from labbuildr from prevoious release, run update:
build-lab.ps1 -update

Install

labbuildr can be installed using PowershellGet. If you are note running Windows 10, install PowershellGet from Powershell Gallery

Fully automated Installation Using Powershell Get Method

Install-Script install-labbuildr -Force -Scope CurrentUser
install-labbuildr.ps1 -branch master

Fully automated Installation from powershell Using Download Method

$Uri = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bottkars/410fe056809c38d96562/raw/install-labbuildr.ps1"
$DownloadLocation = "$Env:USERPROFILE\Downloads"
$File = Split-Path -Leaf $Uri
$OutFile = Join-Path $DownloadLocation $File
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Uri -OutFile $OutFile
Unblock-File -Path $Outfile
Invoke-Expression $OutFile

fo detailed installation instructions, see Student Guide

Directory Structure

labbuildr -- |
|--labbuildr-scripts
|--labtools
|--vmxtoolkit

Contributing

Please contribute in any way to the project. Specifically, normalizing differnet image sizes, locations, and intance types would be easy adds to enhance the usefulness of the project.

Licensing

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 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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.

Support

Please file bugs and issues at the Github issues page. The code and documentation are released with no warranties or SLAs and are intended to be supported through a community driven process.