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====== Writing Juju Charms for Windows ======

======= Rules =======


  - Charms are self contained. Under no circumstances should they have any missing pieces or require the user to manually include anything for them to work
  - Master branch of any charm is holy ground. If a piece of code gets in, it is expected to work without any issues.
  - All new features must be added as new branches.
  - Under no circumstances are branches to be merged into master unless they have been thoroughly tested and scrutinized.
  - Merges are only to be done after one or more peers have had a chance to review and aprove the code. Untill then, the code WILL remain in its feature branch
  - Any deviation from the above is only possible by devine intervention, or if your name is Chuck Norris.


===== Charm Structure =====


The rules of writing charms are the same in Windows as they are in linux. As a reference, the Nova Hyper-V charm can be used. The charm can be found at:

  https://github.com/cloudbase/nova-hyperv-charm

By default, Juju adds $env:CHARM_DIR\hooks\Modules and $env:CHARM_DIR\Modules in $env:PSModulePath. So you can simply write a module, bundle it with your charm, and simply do an Import-Module in your hooks. We should strive to create a common suite of helper modules for all juju charms on windows!

The CharmHelpers module in the above mentioned Hyper-V charm is a good start. Its basically a port of the Openstack charm helpers written in python.

Windows Charms:

1. Windows Active Directory Controller

2. Windows Active Directory Join 

3. Windows Active Directory Exchange

    Relations:
         Windows Active Directory Controller
    File dependencies(put them on a samba share, in the folder "Exchange". You can get them from //10.7.1.10/ISO/Exchange):
         Exchange ISO File: mu_exchange_server_2013_x64_dvd_1112105.iso
         Prerequisites installers: FilterPack64bit.exe, filterpack2010sp1-kb2460041-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe, UcmaRuntimeSetup.exe
    Configuration:
        Specify the Samba share where the file dependencies are
    Virtual machine requirements:
        CPU - more than 4 cores
        RAM - more than 6GB
        HDD - more than 40GB
    Beware!:
        You can install only one Exchange per Active Directory Domain
        The machine will reboot 4 times
        The installation will take approximately 1 hour

4. Windows Active Directory MsSQL

5. Windows Active Directory SharePoint

6. Windows IIS Drupal

    Relations:
         MySQL
         Memcached
         Windows Active Directory Controller
         Windows Active Directory MsSQL
    File dependencies:
         Every file dependency is downloaded from the internet using official download links and it is checked for integrity using SHA1 checksum.
    Minimum virtual machine requirements:
        CPU - 2 cores
        RAM - 2GB
        HDD - 30GB
    NOTE: If any download link becomes unavailable, it must be updated together its SHA1 hash. Use only official download links !
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