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      DustinB @Danp
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      @Danp said in Run a script inside guest OS from host:

      @ajpri1998 What about using something like psexec or
      the powershell command Invoke-Command?

      Exactly what I was going to recommend, but the request is to be sent from XCP-ng (the hypervisor) rather than some management server..

      What would the Windows PowerShell command be doing within the VM, that resides on XCP-ng?

      and

      Why does the hypervisor need to issue the command to the VM?

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        Virtual @DustinB
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        @DustinB I need to run Install-ADServiceAccount to install service accounts in VMs. This cmdlet unfortunately cannot be run remotely from a management server, or at least I haven't found a way to do so reliably

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          DustinB @Virtual
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          @Virtual said in Run a script inside guest OS from host:

          @DustinB I need to run Install-ADServiceAccount to install service accounts in VMs. This cmdlet unfortunately cannot be run remotely from a management server, or at least I haven't found a way to do so reliably

          But XCP-ng won't be able to do this either, it sounds like you need an RMM to assist with some of your workloads and are looking at the wrong portion of your technology stack.

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            DustinB
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            XCP-ng nor Xen Orchestra can run things within the confines of a VM, they act on the Virtual Hardware that are a portion of the VM.

            Everything that happens after the OS loaded (and within the Console for simplicity) are a function of the Operating System and the tools you have installed within it.

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              Virtual @DustinB
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              @DustinB Yeah but VMWare has a functionality that can initiate a command which runs locally in the guest OS

              So I was wondering if xcp-ng has a similar functionality

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                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                And the short answer is not at the moment 🙂

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                  Virtual @olivierlambert
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                  @olivierlambert Is something like this planned in the future?

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                  • olivierlambertO
                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                    It's possible that we re-use the system from QubesOS. But it's mostly the demand that will drive the effort. Since there's already something well designed, it's all about integration and use cases. So I'm not against it at all, I hope we'll grow enough to be able to tackle all the topics we have in the backlog 😆

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                      Virtual @olivierlambert
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                      @olivierlambert Not sure what Vates' marketing budget is like, but have you considered doing sponsored spots with big tech YouTubers like Linus Tech Tips? That will surely help get more traction for the great product that is xcp-ng.

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                      • olivierlambertO
                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                        In fact, LTT (via Floatplane) is already an XCP-ng/XO customer 😆

                        But yeah, it's also a question of the target audience and such. Be certain that we do our max to get that growth, I'd be happy to do that feature as soon as I can 🙂

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                          Virtual @olivierlambert
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                          @olivierlambert Much appreciated

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                            ajpri1998 @olivierlambert
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                            @olivierlambert

                            That's quite amazing. I hear them talk about in-office about using Proxmox for VMs, but NEVER about XCP-ng/XO.

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                            • olivierlambertO
                              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                              Because we are less known, Proxmox was out in 2008, XCP-ng as a fork was created 10 years later.

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                                Virtual
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                                Get Wendell to talk more about xcp-ng 👍

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