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remote to the worker machine and install software with reboot

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xvorsx

13 Feb, 2015 09:52 PM

1) Is it possible to remote on the worker machine?
2) Can I install software, if it require the reboot of machine?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 14 Feb, 2015 12:45 AM

   

   1) You can't RDP into build workers running on Azure as there are no endpoints set on its cloud service. Though it could be a nice feature request.

   2) It's currently not supported either - build agent service is not able to resume build. What do you need to install that requires reboot?

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2. 2 Posted by xvorsx on 14 Feb, 2015 12:58 AM

   

   2) We need to be able use VM with WMF 5 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44987 . It's essentially powershell v5. One option could be user-provided vhd.

   These two feature requests are essential for our team. Without some story for them in future we will have to move to non-cloud CI to gain control on the process.

   Btw, can you explain the motivation behind 40 mins limit per build? We are already close to this limit :)

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 14 Feb, 2015 01:09 AM

   

   Well, it's not like that impossible at all to RDP. Notice, it's impossible when build is run on Azure ;) On "Pro" it is possible to RDP into build worker VM. Besides, builds there are faster and perhaps your current build time could be below 20 minutes there.

   Regarding 40 minutes - there is no motivation. Just a number that should work for 95% of cases. Definitely, it can't be "unlimited" as running VM costs money. But we are flexible here and can increase this cap per account.

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4. 4 Posted by xvorsx on 14 Feb, 2015 01:30 AM

   

   Oh, I didn't know. Thank you!

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5. 5 Posted by xvorsx on 17 Feb, 2015 10:52 PM

   

   We just got a PRO subscription :) How I can rdp to a worker VM now?

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 17 Feb, 2015 11:17 PM

   

   Sure, will do a script for that.

   -Feodor

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 18 Feb, 2015 05:34 AM

   

   OK, here you are: https://github.com/appveyor/ci/blob/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1

   Give it a try and let me know what you think. Feel free to do any improvements into it and send PR.

   You can add it to your build with:

   git clone -q https://github.com/appveyor/ci.git
   .\ci\scripts\enable-rdp.ps1
   

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8. 8 Posted by xvorsx on 28 Mar, 2015 12:54 AM

   

   Works great, thank you!

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9. 9 Posted by Chris Dembia on 14 Jun, 2015 04:38 AM

   

   That's incredible! Let me add for those who are not familiar with windows, etc.:

    - git clone -q https://github.com/appveyor/ci.git
    - ps: .\ci\scripts\enable-rdp.ps1
   

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10. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:56 AM.