Create Vyatta VirtualMachine on Hyper-V. Vyatta configuration is loaded from virtual floppy(.vfd)

readme.md

Usage:

$params=@{
  VmName = "Vyatta"
  ExternalSwitchName   = "外部LAN"
  InternalSwitchName   = "内部LAN"
  VyattaLiveCDPath    = "D:\Shared\Images\vyatta-livecd-virt_VC6.5R1_i386.iso"
  VyattaConfigVfdPath = "D:\Hyper-V\Shared\Vyatta.vfd"
}

New-VyattaVM @params | Start-VM
vmconnect.exe localhost $params.VmName

Vyatta config scripts sample

Save following scripts to VFD root directory as "configure.sh" and create empty directory "config"

#!/bin/sh

configure

#NIC Interface Settings 
set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcp
set interfaces ethernet eth1 address 172.16.255.254/16

#NAT Settings
set nat source rule 10
set nat source rule 10 outbound-interface eth0
set nat source rule 10 source address 0.0.0.0/0
set nat source rule 10 translation address masquerade

#DNS Service Settings
set service dns forwarding dhcp eth0
set service dns forwarding listen-on eth1

#DHCP Service Settings
set service dhcp-server shared-network-name ETH1_POOL subnet 172.16.0.0/16 start 172.16.100.0 stop 172.16.199.255
set service dhcp-server shared-network-name ETH1_POOL subnet 172.16.0.0/16 default-router 172.16.255.254
set service dhcp-server shared-network-name ETH1_POOL subnet 172.16.0.0/16 dns-server 172.16.255.254

#NTP Settings
delete system ntp
set system ntp server ntp.jst.mfeed.ad.jp
set system time-zone Asia/Tokyo

commit
save

How to setup Vyatta VM

Execute Following command in vyatta console to apply config and save config file to floppy disk

config
. /media/floppy/configure.sh
commit
save /media/floppy/config/config.boot
exit
reboot

New-VyattaVM.ps1

function New-VyattaVM
{
[Cmdletbinding()]
param(
    [string]$VmName,
    [string]$ExternalSwitchName,
    [string]$InternalSwitchName,
    [string]$VyattaLiveCDPath,
    [string]$VyattaConfigVfdPath
)
    Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
    $ErrorActionPreference ="Stop"
    #Error if same vm name exists
    $vms = Get-VM $VmName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if($vms -ne $null)
    {
        Write-Error "Virtual machine '$($VmName)' is already exists!"
    }
    #VM config location
    $vmLocation = (Get-VMHost).VirtualMachinePath
    $vmPath = Join-Path $vmLocation $VmName #TODO:vmName should be escaped?
    Write-Host $vmPath
    #Create VM
    $vm = New-Vm -Name $VmName -Path $vmPath
 
    #CPU Settings
    $cpuCount =1
    Set-VMProcessor -VMName $VmName -Count $cpuCount -CompatibilityForMigrationEnabled $true
 
    #Memory Settings
    $memoryStartupBytes = 512MB
    Set-VMMemory -VMName $VmName -StartupBytes $memoryStartupBytes
 
    #Connect *External* Network Adapter
    Connect-VMNetworkAdapter -VmName $VmName -SwitchName $ExternalSwitchName
    #Add *Internal* Network Adapter
    Add-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName $VmName -SwitchName $InternalSwitchName
 
    #Set Vyatta LiveCD
    Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VmName -Path $VyattaLiveCDPath
 
    #Set Vyatta config Virtual Floppy Disk
    Set-VMFloppyDiskDrive -VMName $VmName -Path $VyattaConfigVfdPath
    
    #Set Start Action
    Set-VM -VMName $VmName -AutomaticStartAction Start -AutomaticStopAction ShutDown
 
    return $vm
}