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+# Operating system (build VM template)
+os: Visual Studio 2017
+
+# build platform
+platform: x64
+
+# clone directory
+clone_folder: c:\xmr-stak-cpu
+
+install:
+  - call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat"
+  - call "%VS150COMNTOOLS%\VsMSBuildCmd.bat"
+#  - mkdir c:\xmr-stak-dep
+#  - curl -fsS https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL-1_1_0f.exe -o Win32OpenSSL.exe
+#  - Win32OpenSSL.exe /silent /verysilent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes
+#  - curl -fsS https://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.11/downloads/hwloc-win64-build-1.11.7.zip -o hwloc-win64-build.zip
+#  - 7z x hwloc-win64-build.zip -o"c:\xmr-stak-dep" -y > nul
+#  - curl -fsS http://mirror.reismil.ch/gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-latest-w32-bin.zip -o libmicrohttpd-w32-bin.zip
+#  - 7z x libmicrohttpd-w32-bin.zip -o"c:\xmr-stak-dep" -y > nul
+  - cd c:\xmr-stak-cpu & mkdir build & cd build
+#  - set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\xmr-stak-dep\hwloc-win64-build-1.11.7;C:\xmr-stak-dep\libmicrohttpd-0.9.55-w32-bin\x86_64\VS2017\Release-static
+  - cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DOpenSSL_ENABLE=OFF -DHWLOC_ENABLE=OFF -DMICROHTTPD_ENABLE=OFF -T v141,host=x64 ..
+  - msbuild xmr-stak-cpu.sln /p:Configuration=Release
+  - cd bin\Release
+  - copy c:\xmr-stak-dep\hwloc-win64-build-1.11.7\bin\libhwloc-5.dll .
+  - copy c:\xmr-stak-dep\libmicrohttpd-0.9.55-w32-bin\x86_64\VS2017\Release-dll\libmicrohttpd-dll.dll .
+  - xmr-stack-cpu -c ..\..\..\config.txt