@@ -1386,7 +1386,15 @@ check_libs_from_git

 # Do this late because it requires compute hosts to have started

 if is_service_enabled n-api; then

-    create_cell

+    if is_service_enabled n-cpu; then

+        create_cell

+    else

+        # Some CI systems like Hyper-V build the control plane on

+        # Linux, and join in non Linux Computes after setup. This

+        # allows them to delay the processing until after their whole

+        # environment is up.

+        echo_summary "SKIPPING Cell setup because n-cpu is not enabled. You will have to do this manually before you have a working environment."

+    fi

 fi

 # Bash completion