Re: [Puppet Users] Setting up Java on Windows

[Matthew Burgess]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:45 AM, wukong <wicked...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also is there a way to do this as silent install?
>
> Here is my manifest.
>
> package {"java" :
> ensure => installed,
> provider => "windows",
> source => "C:/Manifests/installables/jdk-6u35-windows-i586.exe",
> }

Launching that .exe will always give you a GUI, unless you provide
some additional arguments. To install the JRE silently, see the
following: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/silent-136552.html#running.

Regards,

Matt.

[Josh Cooper]

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Having done this recently, I'd recommend something like the following:

package { 'Java(TM) 7 Update 5':
ensure => installed,
source => '<path>/jre-7u5-windows-i586.exe',
install_options => [
'/s', '/v/qn" ADDLOCAL=jrecore REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0"'
]
}

Note the name of the package needs to match 'DisplayName' as specified
in the registry and displayed in Add/Remove programs.

As for customizing the PATH, this is filed as
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16048 and there's some
background information here
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/puppet-users/68ebrAEUzgQ

Josh

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[Corey Osman]

I wasn't aware that you could use the package resource for exe files since it looked like it was limited to msi files.

 

I ended up crafting up this solution using exec resource

 

exec{"jdkinstaller":
  command => "${::installer_dir}/jdk-6u30-windows-i586.exe /s ADDLOCAL=\"ToolsFeature,DemosFeature,SourceFeature\" ",
  creates => 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_30\bin\javac.exe',
  logoutput => 'true',
 }

 

Still struggling to set the Global PATH variable in a nice way.

 

Corey
On Monday, October 15, 2012 11:45:25 PM UTC-5, wukong wrote:

Hi guys,
I have been trying to bootstrap a windows machine with puppet. I need to install java and setup the JAVA_HOME and add bin to the path variable of windows.
I have tried using the package resource with the jdk setup but everytime I run the manifest puppet opens the setup wizard and waits for me to do something.
Am I doing something wrong or is this the right behavior? Also is there a way to do this as silent install?

Here is my manifest.

package {"java" :
    ensure => installed,
    provider => "windows",
    source => "C:/Manifests/installables/jdk-6u35-windows-i586.exe",
}

Thank you.

[Paul Tötterman]

Hi,

 

Still struggling to set the Global PATH variable in a nice way.

I set the path using PowerShell (a script which is deployed and executed by puppet), but I imagine you could do something similar with ruby and the win32 api:

 Function Set-Path {

    Param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$component,

          [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$variable='path',

          [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$target='Machine')

    $path = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($variable,

                                                  $target).split(';')

    if ($path -notcontains $component) {

        $path += $component

        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($variable,

                                              [string]::join(';', $path),

                                              $target)

    }

}

Cheers,

Paul