[Bug Fix] Remove mandatory layout

src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/BootstrapCommand.cs

@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@ protected void Validate()
                         "The Azure tenant ID must be provided on the command line (--tenant-id) to install a certificate.");
                 }
             }
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.PackageName) && this.PackageStore == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException(
-                    "A package store must be provided on the command line (--package-store) when installing packages.");
-            }
         }
     }
 }

src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/CommandLineParser.cs

@@ -395,11 +395,6 @@ private static Command CreateBootstrapSubcommand(string[] args, CancellationToke
                         "Use --package to install a package or --cert-name to install a certificate.");
                 }
 
-                if (package != null && packageStore == null)
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentException("The package store URI must be provided (--package-store) when installing a package.");
-                }
-
                 // Certificate installation requires both --cert-name and --key-vault.
                 if (certName != null)
                 {

src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/ExecuteProfileCommand.cs

@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ protected void SetHostMetadataTelemetryProperties(IEnumerable<string> profiles,
                 new Dictionary<string, object>
                 {
                     { "exitWait", this.ExitWait },
-                    { "layout", this.Layout.ToString() },
+                    { "layout", this.Layout?.ToString() },
                     { "logToFile", this.LogToFile },
                     { "iterations", this.Iterations?.ProfileIterations },
                     { "profiles", string.Join(",", profiles.Select(p => Path.GetFileName(p))) },

src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/BootstrapCommandTests.cs

@@ -55,15 +55,12 @@ public void BootstrapCommandValidatesRequiredParametersForCertificateInstallatio
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void BootstrapCommandValidatesRequiredParametersForPackageDownloads()
+        public void BootstrapCommandDoesNotRequirePackageStoredParameterForPackageDownloads()
         {
+            // It will use default vc package store.
             var command = new TestBootstrapCommand();
             command.PackageName = "any-package.zip";
-            Exception error = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => command.Validate());
-
-            Assert.AreEqual(
-                "A package store must be provided on the command line (--package-store) when installing packages.",
-                error.Message);
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => command.Validate());
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ public void BootstrapCommandExecutesTheExpectedProfileToBootstrapPackages()
                 var command = new TestBootstrapCommand
                 {
                     PackageName = "any-package.zip",
-                    PackageStore = new DependencyBlobStore(DependencyStore.Packages, "https://any.storage"),
+                    // PackageStore is no longer required
                     Name = "any-package"
                 };
 
@@ -148,6 +145,41 @@ public void BootstrapCommandProvidesTheExpectedParametersToTheProfileToBootstrap
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void BootstrapCommandDoesNotRequirePackageStoreForPackageInstallation()
+        {
+            // Arrange - Create command with only package name, no package store
+            var command = new TestBootstrapCommand
+            {
+                PackageName = "any-package.zip"
+            };
+
+            // Act & Assert - Should not throw ArgumentException
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => command.Validate());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void BootstrapCommandExecutesTheExpectedProfileToBootstrapPackagesWithoutPackageStore()
+        {
+            using (CancellationTokenSource tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource())
+            {
+                // Arrange - No PackageStore provided
+                var command = new TestBootstrapCommand
+                {
+                    PackageName = "any-package.zip",
+                    Name = "any-package"
+                };
+
+                // Act
+                command.Initialize(Array.Empty<string>(), this.mockFixture.PlatformSpecifics);
+
+                // Assert - Profile should still be set up correctly
+                Assert.IsNotEmpty(command.Profiles);
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, command.Profiles.Count());
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, command.Profiles.Count(p => p.ProfileName == "BOOTSTRAP-PACKAGE.json"));
+            }
+        }
+
         internal class TestBootstrapCommand : BootstrapCommand
         {
             /// <summary>

src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.UnitTests/ExecuteProfileCommandTests.cs

@@ -538,5 +538,18 @@ private static Tuple<string, string> GetAccessTokenPair()
 
             return new Tuple<string, string>(decodedOriginalBytes, decodedObscuredBytes);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SetHostMetadataTelemetryPropertiesDoesNotThrowWhenLayoutIsNull()
+        {
+            // Layout is not mandatory for setting host metadata properties. 
+            this.command.Layout = null;
+
+            string profile = "TEST-WORKLOAD-PROFILE.json";
+            List<string> profiles = new List<string> { this.mockFixture.GetProfilesPath(profile) };
+
+            // Act & Assert - Should not throw expection
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => this.command.SetHostMetadataTelemetryProperties(profiles, this.mockFixture.Dependencies));
+        }
     }
 }