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Set up a new Windows Server 2019 install from scratch for node.js native module compiling
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1. Enable SSH

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
Start-Service sshd
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType "Automatic"
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -PropertyType String -Force

2. Install Choco package manager

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

3. Install dependencies

choco install nodejs-lts python2 visualstudio2017buildtools visualstudio2017-workload-vctools -y

4. Mount VirtualBox shared folder to drive

net use Z: \\VBOXSVR\foo

5. Compile over SSH

ssh Administrator@192.168.0.61 "Set-Location Z:\bar; npm install; npm build"
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