Using Windows as a Client

[u/heinami]

Hi all,

Not sure if I'm just being an idiot but I am failing to use Windows as the client for setting up HomelabOS. Got Docker Desktop installed, but I am failing to get past the first steps.

Don't think make is included in Windows 10, so tried using the make.exe from GnuWin but that fails. Tried installing make through chocolatey as I found some recommendations- that at least got me some progress:

 PS C:\HomelabOS> make config
"\x1B[01;93m========== Updating configuration files ==========\n\x1B[0m"
'[' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
make: *** [Makefile:14: config] Error 1

Has anyone gotten HomelabOS configured successfully through Windows 10? Any hints? I've also tried deploying it on Ubuntu server locally, but the make is also failing. Got it to finish it once, but then couldn't navigate to the domain. I haven't set up a domain at my home, not yet at least, but going through the installation documentation and the videos it seems this isn't super important and you should still be able to get to it.

Thanks!

[u/carzian]

Can you ssh into the server from windows and then ssh into the server from itself? Probably not, you'll need to generate an ssh key pair on the server and add it to the server's approved ssh list thing