install windows package

[huhm4n]

is it possible to install the windows package using puppet? I know I can do it using the Powershell but I want to dry run it to ensure if it is installed first? 

[Jim Ficarra]

If you mean installing a windows package (such as an MSI or EXE) – you should review the package resource type documentation

 

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/resources_package_windows.html

 

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#package

 

This works really well out of the box if your installer displays information in Control Panel/Installed Programs.  If your installer doesn’t, you should look at using Rob Reynold’s Chocolatey packaging tool in conjunction with Josh Cooper’s Chocolatey Provider for the package resource type.

 

-Jim

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[Josh Cooper]

On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:22:04 AM UTC-7, Jim Ficarra wrote:

If you mean installing a windows package (such as an MSI or EXE) – you should review the package resource type documentation

 

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/resources_package_windows.html

 

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#package

 

This works really well out of the box if your installer displays information in Control Panel/Installed Programs.  If your installer doesn’t, you should look at using Rob Reynold’s Chocolatey packaging tool in conjunction with Josh Cooper’s Chocolatey Provider for the package resource type.

That'd be Rich Siegel's chocolatey provider: https://forge.puppetlabs.com/rismoney/chocolatey

Josh