Add QEMU Guest Agent installation from VirtIO ISO#414
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* Add new [virtio_qemu_guest_agent] configuration section with url and checksum options * Implement SHA256 checksum verification in Download-QemuGuestAgent function * Update documentation with QEMU Guest Agent configuration examples and checksum usage * Maintain full backward compatibility with existing configurations
* Add 'source' parameter to choose between ISO, web, or auto mode * Implement Copy-QemuGuestAgentFromISO function for ISO extraction * Support architecture mapping (x86_64/i386) for ISO file naming * Add comprehensive search with fallback paths and recursive search * Integrate source selection logic into Download-QemuGuestAgent * Update documentation with ISO installation examples * Maintain full backward compatibility with existing configurations This feature enables offline installation and version consistency by extracting QEMU Guest Agent directly from VirtIO ISO.
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This PR adds the ability to install the QEMU Guest Agent directly from a VirtIO ISO file instead of always downloading from the internet.
New Features
sourceparameter with three options:web: Download from internet (default, backward compatible)iso: Extract from VirtIO ISO onlyauto: Try ISO first, fallback to webCopy-QemuGuestAgentFromISOfunction for ISO extractionConfiguration Examples
Offline Mode
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Technical Details
Files Modified
Config.psm1
WinImageBuilder.psm1
Examples/windows-image-config-example.ini
README.md