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Windows

Buddy supports Windows VMs that allow you to build .NET & ASP.NET in their native environment.

Creating custom AMI

If your build requires software not available in the default manifest, you can use your own AWS AMI template by following the instructions below.

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Requirements

  1. Must have a disk of at least 40 GB.
  2. Must have SSHD and Ubuntu WSL installed.
  3. Windows SSH must be opened on port 22.
  4. WSL Ubuntu SSH must be opened on port 2222.
  5. AMI must be public and available for the Buddy AWS account. Account ID: 778846812352
  6. For US regions: must be hosted on us-east-2 (Ohio)
  7. For EU regions: must be hosted on eu-north-1 (Stockholm)

Configuration

US region

  1. Launch EC2 from ami-0ae1f2772ad479539 in us-east-2 (Ohio).
  2. Log in as Administrator with password koW463tIxwPffDYnRa6s.
  3. Install all required software on EC2.
  4. Update Administrator password:
bash
net user administrator NEW_PASSWORD
$
  1. Create AMI from your EC2 instance.

UE region

  1. Launch EC2 from ami-08c41cbb8936ba8ea in eu-north-1.
  2. Log in as Administrator with password koW463tIxwPffDYnRa6s.
  3. Install all required software on EC2.
  4. Update Administrator password:
bash
net user administrator NEW_PASSWORD
$
  1. Create AMI from your EC2 instance.

Windows VM software manifest

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348 N/A Build 20348

Chocolatey v1.1.0
choco-cleaner 0.0.8.4
chocolatey 1.2.0
chocolatey-compatibility.extension 1.0.0
chocolatey-core.extension 1.4.0
chocolatey-dotnetfx.extension 1.0.1
chocolatey-fastanswers.extension 0.0.2.1
chocolatey-visualstudio.extension 1.10.2
chocolatey-windowsupdate.extension 1.0.5
dotnet-5.0-sdk 5.0.408
dotnet-5.0-sdk-4xx 5.0.408
dotnet-6.0-sdk 6.0.402
dotnet-6.0-sdk-4xx 6.0.402
dotnet-7.0-sdk 7.0.100
dotnet-7.0-sdk-1xx 7.0.100
dotnet-8.0-sdk 8.0.302
dotnet-8.0-sdk-3xx 8.0.302
DotNet4.5.2 4.5.2.20140902
DotNet4.6 4.6.00081.20150925
DotNet4.6-TargetPack 4.6.00081.20150925
DotNet4.6.1 4.6.01055.20170308
dotnetfx 4.8.0.20220524
KB2919355 1.0.20160915
KB2919442 1.0.20160915
KB2999226 1.0.20181019
KB3033929 1.0.5
KB3035131 1.0.3
KB3063858 1.0.0
netfx-4.5.1-devpack 4.5.50932
netfx-4.5.2-devpack 4.5.5165101.20180721
netfx-4.6-devpack 4.6.81
netfx-4.6.1-devpack 4.6.01055.00
netfx-4.6.2 4.6.2.20210905
netfx-4.6.2-devpack 4.6.01590.20210905
netfx-4.7-devpack 4.7.2053.20210905
netfx-4.7.1 4.7.1.0
netfx-4.7.1-devpack 4.7.2558.20210905
netfx-4.7.2 4.7.2.0
netfx-4.7.2-devpack 4.7.2.20210903
netfx-4.8 4.8.0.20220524
netfx-4.8-devpack 4.8.0.20190930
nuget.commandline 6.3.1
vcredist140 14.40.33810
visualstudio-installer 2.0.3
visualstudio2022-workload-universalbuildtools 1.0.0
visualstudio2022-workload-webbuildtools 1.0.0
visualstudio2022buildtools 117.3.6.0
wsl 1.0.1
linux ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS subsystem

Last modified on Nov 17, 2025

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