Hi Rob,
I did not see that! I will try it this way. Puppet version is 3.4 Open
Source.
The other question I have is where can I get a list of install_option
flags for MSI packages? There are some examples such as INSTALLDIR and
ALLUSERS but this is not a complete list.
Thanks again
Alex
On Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:34:08 PM UTC, Rob Reynolds wrote:
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:01 PM, <pskov...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to install Apache silently on Windows servers using Puppet.
>> Here's my class:
>>
>> class base_apache {
>>
>> case $operatingsystem {
>> windows: {
>> file { 'apache_installer_package':
>> path => 'D:/Downloads/Puppet/',
>> ensure => directory,
>> source =>
>> 'puppet:///files/Apache-Installers/',
>> recurse => true,
>> purge => false,
>> source_permissions => ignore,
>> replace => no,
>> before => Package['apache
>> 2.2.25']
>> }
>>
>> package { 'apache 2.2.25':
>> ensure => installed,
>> source =>
>> 'D:\\Downloads\\Puppet\\httpd-2.2.25-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8y.msi',
>> install_options => {'INSTALLDIR' =>
>> 'D:\Apache2.2'},
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> It works, in that it installs it. However, it doesn't create Apache
>> service and it doesn't seem to know if Apache is already installed as it
>> seems to "create" it on every agent run:
>>
>> C:\>puppet agent -t
>> Info: Retrieving plugin
>> Info: Caching catalog for localhost
>> Info: Applying configuration version '1390499627'
>> Notice: /Stage[main]/Base_apache/Package[apache 2.2.25]/ensure: created
>> Notice: Finished catalog run in 6.17 seconds
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
>
> What version of puppet? Second, have you looked over
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/writing.html#packagepackage
>
> Specifically this:
>
> The title (or name) of the package must match the value of the package’s
> DisplayName property in the registry, which is also the value displayed
> in the “Add/Remove Programs” or “Programs and Features” control panel. If
> the provided name and installed name don’t match, Puppet will believe the
> package is not installed and try to install it again.
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Alex
>>
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