Local deployment on Hyper-V

This procedure assumes Hyper-V is already installed on a Windows 10/Windows Server 2016 host machine and the required Zip archive, lighthouse-23.10.0-hyperv.zip is in C:\Users\%USERNAME%$\Downloads.

  1. Unzip lighthouse-23.10.0-hyperv.zip.

  2. Navigate to the extracted folder. Make sure lighthouse.vhd and lighthouse_virtual_machine_registration.ps1 are in the folder.

  3. Right-click and choose Run with Powershell to execute the Powershell script.

  4. Leave the host name empty when prompted to deploy Lighthouse to local machine.

  5. Launch Hyper-V Manager. Lighthouse should be registered as a new VM image under Virtual Machine.

  6. Select Lighthouse from the list and click Start in the Action Panel to boot Opengear Lighthouse.

     

Remote Hyper-V Deployment With Pre-authenticated User

In this scenario, the user who performs Lighthouse deployment does not have local access to Hyper-V installed on Windows 2016. However, user has access to a Windows 10 which can manage the Hyper-V server remotely.

This procedure assumes Hyper-V is installed on Windows Server 2016 (or later) host machine and the required Zip archive lighthouse-23.10.0-hyperv.zip is in C:\Users\%USERNAME%$\Downloads. Windows 10 is already configured to manage Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016.

Note:Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 must have the same user (same password) created. The user who performs the deployment must have permission to both execute the Powershell script and deploy the image on Hyper-V.

  1. Login to Windows 10 with the user mentioned above.

  2. Unzip lighthouse-23.10.0-hyperv.zip.

  3. Navigate to the extracted folder. Make sure lighthouse.vhd and lighthouse_virtual_machine_registration.ps1 are in the folder.

  4. Right-click and choose Run with Powershell to execute the Powershell script.

  5. Enter the fully qualified domain name for Windows Server 2016 when prompted to deploy Lighthouse to the remotely-managed Windows Server 2016 machine.

  6. Launch Hyper-V Manager. Lighthouse should be registered as a new VM image under Virtual Machine for Windows Server 2016.

  7. Select Lighthouse from the list and click Start in the Action Panel to boot Opengear Lighthouse.