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Connect to a VM ​

dotbin has some scripts for interacting with the VMs

svm ​

svm.ps1 is a dotbin script for starting a Hyper-V machine from a stopped state, and will escalate to admin automatically with sudo

powershell
svm pistonite

WARNING

The name here is the name when you create the VM. You can check in Hyper-V Manager

evm ​

evm.ps1 is a dotbin script for entering a Hyper-V machine.

First, you need to set up an SSH key for the VM, and save the private key at ~/.ssh/<vmname>

Next, configure hosts so the VM name can be resolved

powershell
sudo notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add the following lines, replacing the IP address and name with the IP address of your VM, and the VM name

# Hyper-V
192.168.0.4 pistonite

Finally, setup the environment variable VMUSER to the default user to use when using ssh. This should already be done as part of the Windows Environment setup.

TIP

Alternatively, evm <vmname> <user> can be used to specify the user

After everything is setup, you can login to the VM seamlessly from a PowerShell session

powershell
evm pistonite