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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 <stephen@that.guru>
Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <russell@ovn.org>
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Open vSwitch Windows installer ..
============================== 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 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
CLI executables, services and the Hyper-V vswitch forwarding extension.
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.
Convention for heading levels in Open vSwitch documentation:
======= Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document)
------- Heading 1
~~~~~~~ Heading 2
+++++++ Heading 3
''''''' Heading 4
Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well.
==============
Windows README
==============
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.
Requirements Requirements
------------ ------------
Visual Studio 2013 community, professional, premium or ultimate edition * Visual Studio 2013
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visual Studio Community 2013 is freely available at: Community, Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions can be used.
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx
WiX Toolset 3.9 Visual Studio Community 2013 is freely available from `visualstudio.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx>`__
Download and install from: * WiX Toolset 3.9
http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable
Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x86.msm Download and install from `wixtoolset.org
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable>`__
This Windows merge module is available with Visual Studio and contains the * ``Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x86.msm``
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.
Open vSwitch installer Open vSwitch installer
---------------------- ----------------------
The installer will be generated under the following path: The installer will be generated under the following path::
* windows\ovs-windows-installer\bin\Release\OpenvSwitch.msi
Note: the kernel driver needs to be signed. windows\ovs-windows-installer\bin\Release\OpenvSwitch.msi
.. note::
Build instructions The kernel driver needs to be signed.
Build Instructions
------------------ ------------------
Build the solution in the Visual Studio IDE or via command line: Build the solution in the Visual Studio IDE or via command line::
msbuild ovs-windows-installer.sln /p:Platform=x86 /p:Configuration=Release msbuild ovs-windows-installer.sln /p:Platform=x86 /p:Configuration=Release
Silent installation Silent installation
------------------- -------------------
::
msiexec /i OpenvSwitch.msi ADDLOCAL=OpenvSwitchCLI,OpenvSwitchDriver /l*v log.txt msiexec /i OpenvSwitch.msi ADDLOCAL=OpenvSwitchCLI,OpenvSwitchDriver /l*v log.txt