How to create windows docker image with VS test agents?

Question

I couldn't find any windows image with test agents at microsoft's public docker repo. How can i create a windows docker image with Visual Studio Tests agents to run codedui/mstest?

On a general note how to create a windows docker image with any gui based software pre-installed and pre-configured?

Note: This looks like a low research question, but i had to post it here because docker+windows is relatively new thing and there aren't much information available on net as well.

Answer 1

You could have a VM template with the Microsoft Agent Software already installed on the machine. All the GUI setup does is modify an XML, so you could effectively:

1. Have a VM container with the AGENT already installed.
2. Stop the TestAgent service
3. Modify the Agent Configuration XML
4. Restart the TestAgent service

This could probably be achieved with a PowerShell script or a custom console application.

If you need more help, we could figure this out together. Please feel free to contact me on LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-o-neill-8a1aa498/