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Reactor Scram 4106419ef1 refactor: rename windows-client to gui-client (#3721 )

This may cause conflicts with all my other PRs but it has to happen.

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- [ ] Update test names in branch protection (I don't think I have perms for this)
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2024-02-22 20:21:27 +00:00

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Testing the Firezone Windows client on a Windows server VM

Prepare VM

Download and install Oracle VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Prepare a VM with 50 GB of hard drive, 2+ GB of RAM, and 2+ CPU cores (More resources will help Windows set up faster. We can reduce resources before testing Firezone)

Download VM image

Download the 64-bit ISO from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022

(Server 2019 requires a sign-up: https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-server-2019.html)

You should get this file: SERVER_EVAL_x64FRE_en-us.iso

The Windows license is valid for 180 days

Install Windows Server

In VirtualBox, mount the ISO as a CD/DVD
Boot the VM and use F12, then 'c' to boot from CD/DVD
When Windows asks what version to install, choose "Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation (Desktop Experience)
Choose "Custom" to delete the old Windows install, if any, and re-install
If there's any partition from a previous install, delete and recreate it
Tell Windows to install on the primary partition

Windows first-time config

Allow the PC to be "discoverable by other PCs and devices on this network", this might be needed for Firezone to work
In the Server Manager, click "Manage", click "Server Manager Properties", check "Do not start Server Manager automatically at logon", and click "OK". Close Server Manager.
Make any quality-of-life changes you want such as fixing the taskbar
Open https://ifconfig.net/ in Edge and clear out the Edge first-time setup
In the VirtualBox menu, click "Devices", click "Insert Guest Additions CD image", and then install the VirtualBox guest additions, so you can drag-and-drop files into the VM easily.
Perform a clean shutdown from within the Windows VM.
In VirtualBox, take a snapshot of the VM so you can roll back to this state after installing Firezone.

Testing Firezone

Copy-paste an MSI built from CI/CD into the VM and install Firezone
Test Firezone as usual

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