Deploying Dradis in Microsoft Hyper-V

This guide was created based on the instructions generously provided to us by a Dradis Pro user.

To convert the Dradis Pro OVA file to a HyperV file:

1. Download and install Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

2. Download the Dradis .OVA file and validate the SHA1 hash

3. Extract the .OVA file with 7-Zip

4. Import the Virtual Machine Converter PowerShell module and convert .vmdk to .vhdx

   ConvertTo-MvmcVirtualHardDisk -SourceLiteralPath "C:\Users\Dradis\Downloads\dradis-professional-x86_64-20151122\dradis-professional-x86_64-20140331-disk1.vmdk" -DestinationLiteralPath "D:\DradisX64_Disk1.vhdx" -VhdType DynamicHardDisk -VhdFormat Vhdx

   Troubleshooting:

   ConvertTo-MvmcVirtualHardDisk is likely to throw multiple errors such as:

   ConvertTo-MvmcVirtualHardDisk : The entry <some property field> is not a supported disk database entry for the descriptor.

   To fix this, see this StackOverflow regarding using dfsok. I commented out all the ddb.uuid* and ddb.comment section.

   Alternatively, you can use qemu-img to convert the .vmdk to .vhdx

   qemu-img.exe convert c:\PATH_TO_FILE\disk.vmdk -O vhdx c:\PATH_TO_FILE\disk.vhdx -p

5. Create a new Hyper-V VM, note the -Generation 1 due to UEFI boot:

   New-VM -Name DRADIS -MemoryStartupBytes 4096MB -Generation 1 -VHDPath 'D:\DradisX64_Disk1.vhdx'

6. Profit