Re: [Puppet Users] Passing exe switches on Windows

[Felix Frank]

On 12/10/2014 12:23 PM, cko wrote:
> /package { 'signotec WinUSB':/
> /ensure => '1.0.4',/
> /source => "E:/signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe",/
> /install_options => ['/S', '/vn'],/
> /}/
>
> Any ideas how to work around this issue?

Hi,

I don't really see how using `ensure => <version>` will have any effect
with this package, because you are installing from a local file with a
fixed version.

Have you considered resorting to an exec resource to perform the
installation for you? I assume that a well known file path is created
during installation, so you can use that to check (e.g. creates =>
'C:/Programs/...').

HTH,
Felix

[Rob Reynolds]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:23 AM, cko <der...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to get the following manifest to work on a Windows Server 2008R2 node:

package { 'signotec WinUSB':

ensure           => '1.0.4',

source           => "E:/signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe",

install_options  => ['/S', '/vn'],

}

Running 'puppet agent -t --debug' shows that the following command is executed:

Debug: Executing 'cmd.exe /c start "puppet-install" /w E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S /vn'

About a second later, the MSI help pops up ( http://i.imgur.com/PpW5zVB.png ).

When i manually run the command "E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S /vn" the package Installation works as expected.

Note that the /S /vn switches are mandatory with this particular package to perform a silent installation.

What Puppet actually does is probably something like this:

msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i E:/signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S /vn

Unlikely. Have you tried running the full command that Puppet is reporting that it is running?

cmd.exe /c start "puppet-install" /w E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S /vn

 

Which fails because the past two parameters are not supported my msiexec.

Any ideas how to work around this issue?

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[cko]

It turned out that it was a small typo in the documentation of the .exe file.

I resolved this issue by simply providing the correct switches to the install_options parameter.

Thanks!

[Josh Cooper]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:59 AM, cko <der...@gmail.com> wrote:

It turned out that it was a small typo in the documentation of the .exe file.

I resolved this issue by simply providing the correct switches to the install_options parameter.

Can you provide details about what was wrong with the documentation, and what the correct switches were?

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[cko]

I was referring to the documentation that I got from the developer of the executable.

The correct switches are:

['/S', '/v/qn'],