Salt and Windows - Install packages from UNC ?

[Didier Pelligra]

Hi,

I'm using Salt 2016.3.1. Master runs on Linux and minion on Windows 7.

I can easily deploy/remove/purge packages from the master given that the package can be installed from a single exe or msi file.

Now I need to deploy packages that consist in a full directory from which i have to launch an exe or a msi. I tried two things :

- Making my own exe package which once launched setups the software. Problem : salt always states that the package failed to install even if my package could install everything correctly. This also prevents me from removing the package with salt :

pcta-cta-devf:

----------

          ID: adobereader

    Function: pkg.installed

      Result: False

     Comment: The following packages failed to install/update: adobereader=11.0

     Started: 16:55:39.812000

    Duration: 186969.0 ms

     Changes:

              ----------

              Adobe Reader XI  MUI:

                  ----------

                  new:

                      11.0.00

                  old:

              adobereader:

                  ----------

                  install status:

                      success

- Sharing the install directory from samba, on the salt master, and putting in my sls file the UNC path like this :

adobereader:

  '11.0':

    full_name: 'Adobe Reader XI (11.0)'

    installer: '\\\\repo\\wininstall\\adobereader11\\setup.exe'

    install_flags: ''

    uninstaller: 'msiexec.exe'

    uninstall_flags: '/qn /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-FFFF-7B44-AB0000000001} /norestart'

    msiexec: False

    locale: fr_FR

    reboot: False

This doesnt work at all :

pcta-cta-devf:

----------

          ID: adobereader

    Function: pkg.installed

      Result: False

     Comment: An error was encountered while installing package(s): Specified cwd '\\\\repo\\wininstall\\adobereader11' either not absolute or does not exist

     Started: 17:31:11.171000

    Duration: 32.0 ms

     Changes:

Any idea on the best option here ?

Thanks !

[David Boucha]

The salt-minion runs as the System User, by default. If my memory is correct, the System User can't access UNC paths. You'd have to mount that UNC path to a letter drive.

Try changing your package definition sls file to use  11.0.00  instead of 11.0.

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[Didier Pelligra]

Hi,

I tried changing the version without success.

Now i'm able to install from UNC path. Here is the sls :

[root@sysadm-cta-devf repo]# cat /srv/salt/win/repo-ng/adobereader.sls

adobereader:

  '11.0.00':

    full_name: 'Adobe Reader XI (11.0)'

    installer: '\\repo\wininstall\adobereader11\AcroRead.msi'

    install_flags: 'TRANSFORMS=AcroRead.mst /qn /L*v C:\\adobe.log'

    uninstaller: '{AC76BA86-7AD7-FFFF-7B44-AB0000000001}'

    uninstall_flags: '/qn /norestart'

    msiexec: True

    locale: fr_FR

    reboot: False

[root@sysadm-cta-devf repo]#

The install goes smoothly as far as Windows can tell, but on salt-master not :

[root@sysadm-cta-devf repo]# salt pcta-cta-devf state.highstate

[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/master

[WARNING ] Insecure logging configuration detected! Sensitive data may be logged.

[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master

[DEBUG   ] Including configuration from '/etc/salt/master.d/sis.conf'

[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master.d/sis.conf

[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: sysadm-cta-devf

[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /root/.saltrc

[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PUB socket URI: /var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc

[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PULL socket URI: /var/run/salt/master/master_event_pull.ipc

[DEBUG   ] Initializing new AsyncZeroMQReqChannel for ('/etc/salt/pki/master', 'sysadm-cta-devf_master', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4506', 'clear')

[DEBUG   ] Initializing new IPCClient for path: /var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc

[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded local_cache.get_load

[DEBUG   ] Reading minion list from /var/cache/salt/master/jobs/a9/ccc7318dabd32397355ea7ab1905ba/.minions.p

[DEBUG   ] get_iter_returns for jid 20160803100849034716 sent to set(['pcta-cta-devf']) will timeout at 10:08:54.046756

[DEBUG   ] Checking whether jid 20160803100849034716 is still running

[DEBUG   ] Initializing new AsyncZeroMQReqChannel for ('/etc/salt/pki/master', 'sysadm-cta-devf_master', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4506', 'clear')

[DEBUG   ] jid 20160803100849034716 return from pcta-cta-devf

[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded highstate.output

[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded nested.output

pcta-cta-devf:

----------

          ID: adobereader

    Function: pkg.installed

      Result: False

     Comment: The following packages failed to install/update: adobereader=11.0.00

     Started: 10:08:59.953000

    Duration: 2765.0 ms

     Changes:

              ----------

              adobereader:

                  ----------

                  install status:

                      success

Summary for pcta-cta-devf

------------

Succeeded: 3 (changed=1)

Failed:    1

------------

Total states run:     4

[DEBUG   ] jid 20160803100849034716 found all minions set(['pcta-cta-devf'])

[root@sysadm-cta-devf repo]#

Then again i can't uninstall it from salt as it's not officially installed.

[Didier Pelligra]

I think my main problem is that i can easily install acrobat reader using :

[root@sysadm-cta-devf ~]# salt pcta-cta-devf pkg.install adobereader version=11.0.10

pcta-cta-devf:

    ----------

    Adobe Reader XI (11.0.10) - Français:

        ----------

        new:

            11.0.10

        old:

    adobereader:

        ----------

        install status:

            success

[root@sysadm-cta-devf ~]# 

But if i then launch my highstate, which load the very same acrobat reader sls it gives :

[root@sysadm-cta-devf ~]# salt pcta-cta-devf state.highstate test=true

pcta-cta-devf:

----------

          ID: adobereader

    Function: pkg.installed

      Result: None

     Comment: The following packages would be installed/updated: adobereader=11.0.10

     Started: 17:07:22.984000

    Duration: 31.0 ms

     Changes:

Summary for pcta-cta-devf

------------

Succeeded: 4 (unchanged=1)

Failed:    0

------------

Total states run:     4

[root@sysadm-cta-devf ~]#

So it considers the package was not installed.

With 7zip I have no problem at all

Le mardi 2 août 2016 17:44:18 UTC+2, Didier Pelligra a écrit :

[Didier Pelligra]

Problem seems to be solved. The full_name was inconsitent with the name found in registry after installation. There is an extra space in Windows and when i put it in my sls, all is fine.

THanks

[David Boucha]

Ah, thanks for letting us know! Is this sls file from the
salt-winrepo-ng? If so, could you add the fix to the sls file there?

Thanks!