Instructions for

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Creating VM in Nebula

1. Create a Windows VM in Nebula.
   1. Choose the instance boot source to be "Boot from image (create new volume option)". 
   2. Choose appropriate VM flavor to get sufficient disk size and number of CPUs
   3. Choose appropriate security and networking
   4. Launch instance
   5. Associate a Floating IP address
   6. Login to the VM and enable remote desktop connection

Install

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the Extractor

1. Install python

instructions: https://docs.python.org/2/using/windows.html

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Run it from the cmd prompt and watch the outputs to be sure it is working properly. Also advised to upload some files to Clowder and observe that the extractor is receiving, processing and uploading the results back correctly. 

Build Windows Service:

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1. Prepare a simple bat file to run extractor, like:

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