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using Boxstarter to overcome PowerShell v2 on Box deployments
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using Boxstarter to overcome PowerShell v2 on Box deployments

Preparation (on a random host)

  • Install Chocolatey
  • choco install boxstarter -y
  • open "Boxstarter Shell"
  • create "Portable Boxstarter" see wiki
Copy-Item $Boxstarter.BaseDir E:\ -Recurse
E:\BoxstarterDir\Boxstarter example

the fun part

Create a PowerShell script that looks like this (make sure cinst powershell is at the very top, replace the following lines with whatever fits your scenario)

cinst powershell
cinst my-package
cinst another-package
...

now use the "Portable Boxstarter" to execute the created script

E:\BoxstarterDir\Boxstarter.bat <path_to_script.ps1>

and let the magic happen :-). (you probably will be prompted for login credentials needed to overcome neccessary reboots)

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