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<section id="hyperv-agent-install">
  <title>Installing the &PRODUCT; Agent on a Hyper-V Host</title>
  <para>The Hyper-V Agent helps &PRODUCT; perform operations on the Hyper-V hosts. This Agent
    communicates with the Management Server and controls all the instances on the host. Each Hyper-V
    host must have the Hyper-V Agent installed on it for successful interaction between the host and
    &PRODUCT;. The Hyper-V Agent runs as a Windows service. Install the Agent on each host using the
    following steps.</para>
  <para>&PRODUCT; Management Server communicates with Hyper-V Agent by using HTTPS. For secure
    communication between the Management Server and the host, install a self-signed certificate on
    port 8250.</para>
  <note>
    <para>The Agent installer automatically perform this operation. You have not selected this
      option during the Agent installation, it can also be done manually as given in step 1.</para>
  </note>
  <para/>
  <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>Create and add a self-signed SSL certificate on port 8250:</para>
      <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha" id="ssl-agent">
        <listitem>
          <para>Create A self-signed SSL certificate:</para>
          <programlisting>#  New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName apachecloudstack -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My</programlisting>
          <para>This command creates the self-signed certificate and add that to the certificate
            store <filename>LocalMachine\My</filename>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Add the created certificate to port 8250 for https communication:</para>
          <programlisting>netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:8250 certhash=&lt;thumbprint&gt; appid="{727beb1c-6e7c-49b2-8fbd-f03dbe481b08}"</programlisting>
          <para>Thumbprint is the thumbprint of the certificate you created.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Build the CloudStack Agent for Hyper-V as given in <ulink
          url="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Creating+Hyperv+Agent+Installer"
          >Building CloudStack Hyper-V Agent</ulink>.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>As an administrator, run the installer.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Provide the Hyper-V admin credentials when prompted.</para>
      <para>When the agent installation is finished, the agent runs as a service on the host
        machine.</para>
    </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
</section>