a.ps1

# Powershell Script to prepare the windows install to be used with vagrant-windows
 
Set-ExecutionPolicy -executionpolicy remotesigned -force
 
# Step 1: Disable UAC
New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
Write-Host "User Access Control (UAC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 2: Disable IE ESC
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}" -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0 | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}" -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0 | Out-Null
Stop-Process -Name Explorer | Out-Null
Write-Host "IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 3: Disable the shutdown tracker
# Reference: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-remove-annoying-shutdown-event-tracker-in-windows-server-2003-2008/
If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability")) {
  New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability"
}
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonOn" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force -ErrorAction continue 
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonUI" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force -ErrorAction continue 
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonOn" -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonUI" -Value 0
Write-Host "Shutdown Tracker has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 4: Disable Automatic Updates
# Reference: http://www.benmorris.me/2012/05/1st-test-blog-post.html
$AutoUpdate = (New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate").Settings
$AutoUpdate.NotificationLevel = 1
$AutoUpdate.Save()
Write-Host "Windows Update has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 5: Disable Complex Passwords
# Reference: http://vlasenko.org/2011/04/27/removing-password-complexity-requirements-from-windows-server-2008-core/
$seccfg = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
secedit /export /cfg $seccfg
(Get-Content $seccfg) | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace "PasswordComplexity\s*=\s*1", "PasswordComplexity=0"} | Set-Content $seccfg
secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\new.sdb /cfg $seccfg /areas SECURITYPOLICY
del $seccfg
Write-Host "Complex Passwords have been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 6: Enable Remote Desktop
# Reference: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/323d6bab-e3a9-4d9d-8fa8-dc4277be1729/enable-remote-desktop-connections-with-powershell
(Get-WmiObject Win32_TerminalServiceSetting -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices).SetAllowTsConnections(1,1) 
(Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_TSGeneralSetting" -Namespace root\cimv2\TerminalServices -Filter "TerminalName='RDP-tcp'").SetUserAuthenticationRequired(0) 
 
# Step 7: Enable WinRM Control
winrm quickconfig -q
winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="512"}'
winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
Write-Host "WinRM has been configured and enabled." -ForegroundColor Green

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5985" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5985 action=allow
#netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM 5986" protocol=TCP dir=in localport=5986 action=allow
Write-Host "Opened 5985 for incoming winrm"

# Step 8: Disable Windows Firewall
#&netsh "advfirewall" "set" "allprofiles" "state" "off"
#Write-Host "Windows Firewall has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Step 9: Create local vagrant user 
$userDirectory = [ADSI]"WinNT://localhost"
$user = $userDirectory.Create("User", "vagrant")
$user.SetPassword("vagrant")
$user.SetInfo()
$user.UserFlags = 64 + 65536 # ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE + ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
$user.SetInfo()
$user.FullName = "vagrant"
$user.SetInfo()
&net "localgroup" "administrators" "/add" "vagrant"
Write-Host "User: 'vagrant' has been created as a local administrator." -ForegroundColor Green
 
# Install Puppet
$puppetTempDir = Join-Path $env:TEMP "puppet"
$tempDir = Join-Path $puppetTempDir "puppetInstall"
if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($tempDir)) {[System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($tempDir)}
$file = Join-Path $tempDir "puppet-3.3.0.msi"

#3.6.2 is later
$url = "http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/puppet-3.3.0.msi"
Write-Host "Downloading $url to $file"
$downloader = new-object System.Net.WebClient
$downloader.DownloadFile($url, $file)
 
$localcommand="\\localhost\root\cimv2:Win32_Product"
$msi = [wmiclass]"$localcommand"
$result = $msi.Install($file, "quiet=true", $true)
Write-Host "Puppet installed." -ForegroundColor Green
 
$PuppetInstallPath = "$env:SystemDrive\Program Files (x86)\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin"
if (!(Test-Path $PuppetInstallPath)) {$PuppetInstallPath = "$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin";}
 
# get the PATH variable
# https://github.com/ferventcoder/vagrant-windows-puppet/blob/master/boxes/win7x64pro-vagrant/shell/InstallPuppet.ps1#L27-L40
$envPath = $env:PATH
if (!$envPath.ToLower().Contains($PuppetInstallPath.ToLower())) {
    Write-Host "PATH environment variable does not have `'$PuppetInstallPath`' in it. Adding..."
    $ActualPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
    $StatementTerminator = ";"
    $HasStatementTerminator = $ActualPath -ne $null -and $ActualPath.EndsWith($StatementTerminator)
    If (!$HasStatementTerminator -and $ActualPath -ne $null) {$PuppetInstallPath = $StatementTerminator + $PuppetInstallPath}
 
    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $ActualPath + $PuppetInstallPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
}
 
Write-Host "Restarting Computer." -force -ForegroundColor Yellow
Restart-Computer

Bootstrap-EC2-Windows-CloudInit.ps1

# install 7-zip, curl and vim
# (Windows 2012 comes with .NET 4.5 out-of-the-box)
# Then use the EC2 tools to create a new AMI from the result, and you have a system 
# that will execute user-data as a PowerShell script after the instance fires up!
# This has been tested on Windows 2012 64bits AMIs provided by Amazon (eu-west-1 ami-a1867dd6)
# 
# Inject this as user-data of a Windows 2012 AMI, like this (edit the adminPassword to your needs):
#
# <powershell>
# Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
# icm $executioncontext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/petemounce/11099158/raw/Bootstrap-EC2-Windows-CloudInit.ps1')) -ArgumentList "adminPassword"
# </powershell>
#
param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]
	$AdminPassword
)

Start-Transcript -Path 'c:\bootstrap-transcript.log' -Force
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

$log = 'c:\Bootstrap.log'

while (($AdminPassword -eq $null) -or ($AdminPassword -eq ''))
{
	$AdminPassword = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR((Read-Host "Enter a non-null / non-empty Administrator password" -AsSecureString)))
}


$systemPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath([Environment+SpecialFolder]::System)
$sysNative = [IO.Path]::Combine($env:windir, "sysnative")
#http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david.wang/archive/2006/03/26/howto-detect-process-bitness.aspx
$Is32Bit = (($Env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq 'x86') -and ($Env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 -eq $null))
Add-Content $log -value "Is 32-bit [$Is32Bit]"

#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724358.aspx
$coreEditions = @(0x0c,0x27,0x0e,0x29,0x2a,0x0d,0x28,0x1d)
$IsCore = $coreEditions -contains (Get-WmiObject -Query "Select OperatingSystemSKU from Win32_OperatingSystem" | Select -ExpandProperty OperatingSystemSKU)
Add-Content $log -value "Is Core [$IsCore]"

# move to home, PS is incredibly complex :)
cd $Env:USERPROFILE
Set-Location -Path $Env:USERPROFILE
[Environment]::CurrentDirectory=(Get-Location -PSProvider FileSystem).ProviderPath

#change admin password
net user Administrator $AdminPassword
Add-Content $log -value "Changed Administrator password"

$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient

#check winrm id, if it's not valid and LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy isn't established, do it
$id = &winrm id
if (($id -eq $null) -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)
{
    New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy -value 1 -propertyType dword
    Add-Content $log -value "Added LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy since winrm id could not be executed"
}

#enable powershell servermanager cmdlets (only for 2008 r2 + above)
if ($IsCore)
{
    DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:MicrosoftWindowsPowerShell /FeatureName:ServerManager-PSH-Cmdlets /FeatureName:BestPractices-PSH-Cmdlets
    Add-Content $log -value "Enabled ServerManager and BestPractices Cmdlets"

    #enable .NET flavors - on server core only -- errors on regular 2008
    DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx2-ServerCore /FeatureName:NetFx2-ServerCore-WOW64 /FeatureName:NetFx3-ServerCore /FeatureName:NetFx3-ServerCore-WOW64
    Add-Content $log -value "Enabled .NET frameworks 2 and 3 for x86 and x64"
}

#7zip
$7zUri = if ($Is32Bit) { 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/7-Zip/9.22/7z922.msi/download' } `
    else { 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/7-Zip/9.22/7z922-x64.msi/download' }

$client.DownloadFile( $7zUri, '7z922.msi')
Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList '/i 7z922.msi /norestart /q INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\7-zip"' -Wait
SetX Path "${Env:Path};C:\Program Files\7-zip" /m
$Env:Path += ';C:\Program Files\7-Zip'
del 7z922.msi
Add-Content $log -value "Installed 7-zip from $7zUri and updated path"

#curl
$curlUri = if ($Is32Bit) { 'http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?download=curl_724_0_ssl.zip' } `
    else { 'http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.23.1-win64-ssl-sspi.zip' }

$client.DownloadFile( $curlUri, 'curl.zip')
&7z e curl.zip `-o`"c:\program files\curl`"
if ($Is32Bit) 
{
    $client.DownloadFile( 'http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?download=libssl.zip', 'libssl.zip')
    &7z e libssl.zip `-o`"c:\program files\curl`"
    del libssl.zip
}
SetX Path "${Env:Path};C:\Program Files\Curl" /m
$Env:Path += ';C:\Program Files\Curl'
del curl.zip
Add-Content $log -value "Installed Curl from $curlUri and updated path"

#vim
curl -# -G -k -L ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim73_46rt.zip -o vim73_46rt.zip 2>&1 > "$log"
curl -# -G -k -L ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim73_46w32.zip -o vim73_46w32.zip 2>&1 > "$log"
Get-ChildItem -Filter vim73*.zip | 
    % { &7z x `"$($_.FullName)`"; del $_.FullName; }

SetX Path "${Env:Path};C:\Program Files\Vim" /m
$Env:Path += ';C:\Program Files\Vim'

Move-Item .\vim\vim73 -Destination "${Env:ProgramFiles}\Vim"
Add-Content $log -value "Installed Vim text editor and updated path"

#chocolatey - standard one line installer doesn't work on Core b/c Shell.Application can't unzip
if (-not $IsCore)
{
    Invoke-Expression ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('http://bit.ly/psChocInstall'))
}
else
{
    #[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('ChocolateyInstall', 'c:\nuget', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
    #if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists('c:\nuget')) {[System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory('c:\nuget')}

    $tempDir = Join-Path $env:TEMP "chocInstall"
    if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($tempDir)) {[System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($tempDir)}
    $file = Join-Path $tempDir "chocolatey.zip"
    $client.DownloadFile("http://chocolatey.org/api/v1/package/chocolatey", $file)

    &7z x $file `-o`"$tempDir`"
    Add-Content $log -value 'Extracted Chocolatey'
    $chocInstallPS1 = Join-Path (Join-Path $tempDir 'tools') 'chocolateyInstall.ps1'

    & $chocInstallPS1

    Add-Content $log -value 'Installed Chocolatey / Verifying Paths'
}

Add-Content $log -value "Installed Chocolatey"

# install puppet
#https://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/puppet-3.5.1.msi
curl -# -G -k -L https://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/puppet-3.5.1.msi -o puppet-3.5.1.msi 2>&1 > "$log"
Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList '/qn /passive /i puppet-3.5.1.msi /norestart' -Wait
SetX Path "${Env:Path};C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin" /m
&sc.exe config puppet start= demand
Add-Content $log -value "Installed Puppet"

&netsh firewall set portopening tcp 445 smb enable
Add-Content $log -value "Ran firewall config to allow incoming smb/tcp"

#run SMRemoting script to enable event log management, etc - available only on R2
$remotingScript = [IO.Path]::Combine($systemPath, 'Configure-SMRemoting.ps1')
if (-not (Test-Path $remotingScript)) { $remotingScript = [IO.Path]::Combine($sysNative, 'Configure-SMRemoting.ps1') }
Add-Content $log -value "Found Remoting Script: [$(Test-Path $remotingScript)] at $remotingScript"
if (Test-Path $remotingScript)
{
    . $remotingScript -force -enable
    Add-Content $log -value 'Ran Configure-SMRemoting.ps1'
}

#wait a bit, it's windows after all
Start-Sleep -m 10000

#Write-Host "Press any key to reboot and finish image configuration"
#[void]$host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown')

Restart-Computer

Enable-Vagrant.ps1

# As much of https://github.com/WinRb/vagrant-windows#creating-a-base-box as possible
# * Windows AMIs don't have WinRM enabled by default -- this script will enable WinRM
# * vagrant user
# * disable UAC
# 
# <powershell>
# set-executionpolicy unrestricted
# icm $executioncontext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/petemounce/11099158/raw/Enable-Vagrant.ps1')) -ArgumentList "Abcd1234$"
# </powershell>
param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]
	$AdminPassword
)
Start-Transcript -Path 'c:\vagrant-transcript.log' -Force
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

$log = 'c:\vagrant.log'
$now = Get-Date
Add-Content $log -value $now

$systemPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath([Environment+SpecialFolder]::System)
$sysNative = [IO.Path]::Combine($env:windir, "sysnative")
#http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david.wang/archive/2006/03/26/howto-detect-process-bitness.aspx
$Is32Bit = (($Env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq 'x86') -and ($Env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 -eq $null))
Add-Content $log -value "Is 32-bit [$Is32Bit]"

#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724358.aspx
$coreEditions = @(0x0c,0x27,0x0e,0x29,0x2a,0x0d,0x28,0x1d)
$IsCore = $coreEditions -contains (Get-WmiObject -Query "Select OperatingSystemSKU from Win32_OperatingSystem" | Select -ExpandProperty OperatingSystemSKU)
Add-Content $log -value "Is Core [$IsCore]"

# move to home, PS is incredibly complex :)
cd $Env:USERPROFILE
Set-Location -Path $Env:USERPROFILE
[Environment]::CurrentDirectory=(Get-Location -PSProvider FileSystem).ProviderPath

$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient

#check winrm id, if it's not valid and LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy isn't established, do it
$id = &winrm id
if (($id -eq $null) -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)
{
    New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy -value 1 -propertyType dword
    Add-Content $log -value "Added LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy since winrm id could not be executed"
}

#enable powershell servermanager cmdlets (only for 2008 r2 + above)
if ($IsCore)
{
    DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:MicrosoftWindowsPowerShell /FeatureName:ServerManager-PSH-Cmdlets /FeatureName:BestPractices-PSH-Cmdlets
    Add-Content $log -value "Enabled ServerManager and BestPractices Cmdlets"

    #enable .NET flavors - on server core only -- errors on regular 2008
    DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx2-ServerCore /FeatureName:NetFx2-ServerCore-WOW64 /FeatureName:NetFx3-ServerCore /FeatureName:NetFx3-ServerCore-WOW64
    Add-Content $log -value "Enabled .NET frameworks 2 and 3 for x86 and x64"
}

# Disable Complex Passwords
# Reference: http://vlasenko.org/2011/04/27/removing-password-complexity-requirements-from-windows-server-2008-core/
$seccfg = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
secedit /export /cfg $seccfg
(Get-Content $seccfg) | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace "PasswordComplexity\s*=\s*1", "PasswordComplexity=0"} | Set-Content $seccfg
secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\new.sdb /cfg $seccfg /areas SECURITYPOLICY
del $seccfg
Add-Content $log -value "Complex Passwords have been disabled."

#change admin password
net user Administrator $AdminPassword
Add-Content $log -value "Changed Administrator password"

#create vagrant user
net user vagrant vagrant /add
Add-Content $log -value "Created vagrant user"
net localgroup administrators vagrant /add
Add-Content $log -value "Added vagrant user to local administrators"

# http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-or-disable-uac-from-the-windows-vista-command-line/
# $env:windir\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/9573204/20971
New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system -Name EnableLUA -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force
Add-Content $log -value "Turned off UAC"

# Disable Shutdown Tracker on Windows 2008/2012 Servers (except Core).
# Step 3: Disable the shutdown tracker
# Reference: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-remove-annoying-shutdown-event-tracker-in-windows-server-2003-2008/
If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability")) {
  New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability"
}
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonOn" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force -ErrorAction continue 
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonUI" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force -ErrorAction continue 
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonOn" -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" -Name "ShutdownReasonUI" -Value 0
Add-Content $log -value "Shutdown Tracker has been disabled."

# Disable "Server Manager" Starting at login on Windows 2008/2012 Servers (except Core).
# TODO.

# Disable Automatic Updates
# Reference: http://www.benmorris.me/2012/05/1st-test-blog-post.html
$AutoUpdate = (New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate").Settings
$AutoUpdate.NotificationLevel = 1
$AutoUpdate.Save()
Add-Content $log -value "Windows Update has been disabled."

# Enable and configure WinRM (see below)
&winrm quickconfig `-q
&winrm set winrm/config/client/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
&winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}'
&winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="512"}'
&winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}'
&winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'
Add-Content $log -value "Ran quickconfig for winrm"
Set-Service winrm -startuptype "auto"
Add-Content $log -value "Started winrm"
&netsh firewall set portopening TCP 5985 "Port 5985: winrm"
Add-Content $log -value "Ran firewall config to allow incoming winrm/tcp:5985"

&netsh firewall set portopening tcp 445 smb enable
Add-Content $log -value "Ran firewall config to allow incoming smb/tcp:445"

#run SMRemoting script to enable event log management, etc - available only on R2
$remotingScript = [IO.Path]::Combine($systemPath, 'Configure-SMRemoting.ps1')
if (-not (Test-Path $remotingScript)) { $remotingScript = [IO.Path]::Combine($sysNative, 'Configure-SMRemoting.ps1') }
Add-Content $log -value "Found Remoting Script: [$(Test-Path $remotingScript)] at $remotingScript"
if (Test-Path $remotingScript)
{
    . $remotingScript -force -enable
    Add-Content $log -value 'Ran Configure-SMRemoting.ps1'
}

#chocolatey - standard one line installer doesn't work on Core b/c Shell.Application can't unzip
iex $client.DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')
#SetX Path "${Env:Path};%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin" /m
#$env:Path += ';%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin'
Add-Content $log -value "Installed Chocolatey"

Add-Content $log -value "Upgrading to windows core..."
# http://www.danielclasson.com/how-to-change-between-a-full-installation-gui-and-server-core-in-windows-server-2012/
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell,Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra
Add-Content $log -value "Upgraded to Windows Core from GUI"

Add-Content $log -value "Restarting"
$now = Get-Date
Add-Content $log -value $now

Restart-Computer -force

userdata.ps1

<powershell>
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off
icm $executioncontext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/petemounce/11099158/raw/Bootstrap-EC2-Windows-CloudInit.ps1')) -ArgumentList "adminPassword"
</powershell>

VagrantFile

require '../aws.rb'
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
name = 'windows2012'

# pete-vagrant security group =
# tcp 22 in 0.0.0.0/0
# tcp 5985 in 0.0.0.0/0
# tcp 3389 in 0.0.0.0/0
# tcp 445 in 0.0.0.0/0

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "dummy"
  config.vm.guest = :windows
  config.windows.set_work_network = true

  config.vm.provider :aws do |aws, override|
    aws.access_key_id = @access_key_id
    aws.secret_access_key = @secret_access_key
    aws.keypair_name = "pete-vagrant"
    aws.instance_type = 'm3.medium'
    aws.region = @region
    aws.security_groups = 'pete-vagrant'
    aws.tags = {
      'Name' => "pete-vagrant experiment #{name}"
    }
    aws.user_data = File.read("user_data.txt")
    aws.ami = "ami-5f938e36"
    aws.region_config 'eu-west-1', ami: 'ami-a1867dd6'

    # aws.block_device_mapping = [
    #   {
    #     'DeviceName' => "/dev/sdl",
    #     'VirtualName' => "root",
    #     'Ebs.VolumeSize' => 32,
    #     'Ebs.DeleteOnTermination' => true,
    #     'Ebs.VolumeType' => 'standard'
    #   }
    # ]
  end
end

How does this script makes a call from userdata cloudformations ? can any one please give some tips how to bootstrap this script on userdata cloudfromations - as you know json does not like few characters so i can to put on json WINRM?

Thank you guys