Puppet users - May 2013 - Problems installing git for windows using Puppet

This might not be related to Puppet but it seems that the installation 
process hangs. I have tried this configuration on an empty w2008r2 VM.

file { $pkg:
  ensure => present,
  name   => ''C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  source =>
''puppet:///puppetfs/Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  mode   => ''0755'',
  before => Exec[$pkg]}
exec { $pkg:
  creates   => ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin'',
  command   => ''C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd.exe /c
"C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe /silent"'',
  logoutput => true,
  timeout   => 900}

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> This might not be related to Puppet but it seems that the installation 
> process hangs. I have tried this configuration on an empty w2008r2 VM.

Any particular reason you''re using a file and a exec resource? I have a
samba share and the following:

     package { ''VLC media player 2.0.5'':
        source          =>
"${software::swpath}\\vlc\\vlc-2.0.5.exe",
        install_options => [''/L=1033'',
''/S''],
    }

It''s not git, but you might want to try it.

Cheers,
Paul

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Louis,

Unfortunately, the way that Git for Windows is packaged, it doesn''t
update
the registry (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall) or 
touch the Windows Installer Database (and update the WMI Win32_Product).  
As a result, no matter how you perform the installation (using either the 
"exec" or "package" types), each subsequent Puppet run will
invoke a
reinstall/repair of the product (and most likely this will be undesirable 
behavior).
Reference<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/puppet-users/windows$20dotnet$20framework/puppet-users/C0YD_zzYq9o/x5LiK_p5rtcJ>
.

Therefore, you will need to create a method to determine if it is 
installed.  One way of doing this is to write a check file after install.

I tested your manifest on a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 box and it was successful 
(I didn''t get a timeout).  You may want to use Microsoft''s
Process Monitor
to determine the "command line" call to the exe. 

exec:
file {$pkg:
  ensure => present,
  name   => ''C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  #source =>
''puppet:///puppetfs/Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  source => "x:\\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe",
  mode   => ''0755'',
  before => Exec[$pkg],
}

exec {$pkg:
  creates   => ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin'',
  command   => ''C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd.exe /c 
"C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe /silent"'',
  logoutput => true,
  timeout   => 900,
}

package:
file {$pkg:
  ensure => present,
  name   => ''C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  #source =>
''puppet:///puppetfs/Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  source => "x:\\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe",
  mode   => ''0755'',
  before => Package[$pkg],
}

package {$pkg:
  ensure => installed,
  source =>''C:/Temp/Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
  install_options => ''/silent'',
}

-Kevin

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:52:21 AM UTC-6, Louis wrote:
>
> This might not be related to Puppet but it seems that the installation 
> process hangs. I have tried this configuration on an empty w2008r2 VM.
>
> file { $pkg:
>   ensure => present,
>   name   => ''C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
>   source =>
''puppet:///puppetfs/Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe'',
>   mode   => ''0755'',
>   before => Exec[$pkg]}
> exec { $pkg:
>   creates   => ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin'',
>   command   => ''C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd.exe /c
"C:\Temp\Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe /silent"'',
>   logoutput => true,
>   timeout   => 900}
>
>
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