Add steps for provisioning a Windows box to run crater
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Add steps for provisioning a Windows box to run `crater` This adds detailed set-up instructions for running `crater` on a Windows box. Obviously this depends on #399. I also tried to explain some of the complexity around Docker image compatibility.
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| The agent machine should run Windows Server build 1803 (Windows 10 build 1803 |
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I think it's a good idea to mention up here that Windows 10 Build 1809 and above will work.
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There's now an officially published 1803 image that's hard-coded as the default, so I think the mention down below is sufficient. I meant for this paragraph to be the bare minimum of information for someone to get up and running with the stock set up, and if you wanna use 1809 you'll need to build your own docker image and pass it to crater.
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Maybe I need to add, "later versions of Windows will work, but you'll need to use a custom Docker image, see below".
| isolation and Hyper-V isolation. Hyper-V isolation is more secure and more | ||
| flexible, but it is too slow for our purposes; it essentially spins up a VM for | ||
| each container. In order to run process isolation, the build number of the | ||
| agent machine and the docker image [need to match][ver-compat]. You can use |
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Do you want to say "for example, if you're using Build 1803, you can find the image here"
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Yeah, I'll add a link to the official image. As well as instructions for building a custom one.
This adds detailed set-up instructions for running
crateron a Windows box. Obviously this depends on #399. I also tried to explain some of the complexity around Docker image compatibility.