Hi Jason, On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Jason_s <jason.southg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Puppeteers, > > I hope I can get you advice about the best way to approach using MSIs and > other installers on Windows. > > Currently I am downloading Windows installers from the puppet master with the > puppet:// syntax and the "file" type into a temporary directory > c:\puppet_temp with subdirectories where necessary. Then after running the > installers witht the "package" type, I was hoping to remove them with the > "tidy" type. > > Is this the right approach
Removing them will cause puppet to think they needed to be downloaded the next time it runs. And then it will try to re-install the package. > or should we be planning to host our installers in a Windows-based file > server and using running the installers with a UNC path? Will this be a > future feature? UNC paths is on the roadmap http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8657 Alternatively you might want to try out Simon's module: http://forge.puppetlabs.com/simondean/net_share > Assuming the temp directory approach is correct, could I get your advice on > the most lightweight way to copy the files, since I can't use the checksum > "none" setting, and I don't need to check the files are present on each run, > I plan to remove them after the package is installed correctly. > > Sorry for the noob question. Look forward to your responses. > > Thanks, Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/noF9F-TV4rgJ. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > Josh -- Josh Cooper Developer, Puppet Labs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
