Salt on Windows - run a script after package install

Ed Killian

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Jun 19, 2019, 8:39:07 PM6/19/19

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Is there a way to run a bat script after a package install?

Christian McHugh

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Jun 20, 2019, 2:48:08 AM6/20/19

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If your package install returns a change notice to salt, then you can use the onchanges requisite, see https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/requisites.html#onchanges

The state would look something like:

winlogbeat:
  pkg.installed:
    - pkgs:
      - winlogbeat

postbeat:
  cmd.source:
    - source: salt://winlogbeat/files/post_install.bat
    - onchanges:
      - pkg: winlogbeat

Ed Killian

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Jun 20, 2019, 3:01:36 PM6/20/19

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That doesn't seem to work, at least the way I'm trying to use it. Here's the code I'm trying to use now:

{% if 'Windows' in grains['os'] %}
{% set PROGRAM_FILES = "%ProgramFiles%" %}
nessus-agent:
pkg.installed:
    - order: 1000

link.bat:
cmd.run:
    - unless: \"C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus\nessuscli\" agent status | grep Linked
    - source: salt://win/repo-ng/nessus_agent/link.bat
    - order: 1002

{% endif %}

But I get an error:

----------
          ID: link.bat
    Function: cmd.run
      Result: False
     Comment: Command "link.bat" run
     Started: 14:58:57.624216
    Duration: 109.2 ms
     Changes:
              ----------
              pid:
                  4612
              retcode:
                  1
              stderr:
                  'link.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                  operable program or batch file.
              stdout:

Dafydd Jones (techneg.it)

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Jun 20, 2019, 7:04:05 PM6/20/19

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There's a bit of a mixup here. If you’re running a script use cmd.script; otherwise you use cmd.run. Check the docs.

Dafydd

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Ed Killian

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Jun 21, 2019, 9:29:22 PM6/21/19

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Thanks! That's what I needed.

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