On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Josh Cooper <j...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > 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
My bad, this is for managing shares, not mounts (net use). See http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13197 >> 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 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.
