Josh D
2013-Dec-13 07:06 UTC
[Puppet Users] Windows - MSI that shows up in Windows Features instead of Add/Remove Programs
I''m trying to deploy IE11 through puppet. I''ve created a custom MSI using the IE Administration Kit that supports silent installs. The problem is, IE is "built into" Windows, so rather than showing up in the installed programs list, it winds up in Windows Features. I figured this would cause a problem, if I attempted to install it as a package since Puppet is checking the list of installed "programs" to see whether or not it needs to install the package. As I expected, Puppet attempts to install the MSI everytime it''s executed. Is there any way to get it to check windows features in addition to installed programs? In lieu of that, does anyone have any suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f1150eac-4100-4c6f-96b8-58531e53c84c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Rob Reynolds
2013-Dec-13 17:12 UTC
Re: [Puppet Users] Windows - MSI that shows up in Windows Features instead of Add/Remove Programs
Josh, Have you tried using Windows-Features module that is on the forge to do this instead? As you are seeing, this is not currently a supported scenario. It could be something we would add in the future though. I just want to explore alternatives first. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Josh D <joshuadavidson@gmail.com> wrote:> I''m trying to deploy IE11 through puppet. I''ve created a custom MSI using > the IE Administration Kit that supports silent installs. The problem is, > IE is "built into" Windows, so rather than showing up in the installed > programs list, it winds up in Windows Features. I figured this would cause > a problem, if I attempted to install it as a package since Puppet is > checking the list of installed "programs" to see whether or not it needs to > install the package. As I expected, Puppet attempts to install the MSI > everytime it''s executed. Is there any way to get it to check windows > features in addition to installed programs? In lieu of that, does anyone > have any suggestions? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f1150eac-4100-4c6f-96b8-58531e53c84c%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >-- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs Join us at PuppetConf 2014, September 23-24 in San Francisco -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMJiBK6dNPaxs-CV6Lw2ioA7VEZeLTnG3fF3GfJg-sMnn%2BA%3D_A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Josh D
2013-Dec-13 21:58 UTC
Re: [Puppet Users] Windows - MSI that shows up in Windows Features instead of Add/Remove Programs
I assume you''re referring to the DSIM module ( https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/dism )? From what I understand is that module is only good for installing existing features. In other words, there doesn''t appear to be a way to install a new feature from an MSI using that module. On Friday, December 13, 2013 10:12:28 AM UTC-7, Rob Reynolds wrote:> > Josh, > Have you tried using Windows-Features module that is on the forge to do > this instead? As you are seeing, this is not currently a supported > scenario. It could be something we would add in the future though. I just > want to explore alternatives first. > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Josh D <joshuad...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I''m trying to deploy IE11 through puppet. I''ve created a custom MSI >> using the IE Administration Kit that supports silent installs. The problem >> is, IE is "built into" Windows, so rather than showing up in the installed >> programs list, it winds up in Windows Features. I figured this would cause >> a problem, if I attempted to install it as a package since Puppet is >> checking the list of installed "programs" to see whether or not it needs to >> install the package. As I expected, Puppet attempts to install the MSI >> everytime it''s executed. Is there any way to get it to check windows >> features in addition to installed programs? In lieu of that, does anyone >> have any suggestions? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f1150eac-4100-4c6f-96b8-58531e53c84c%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Rob Reynolds > Developer, Puppet Labs > > Join us at PuppetConf 2014, September 23-24 in San Francisco >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/29ee8eb0-eec1-4bc5-ac20-49b60b64ef8f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Rob Reynolds
2013-Dec-16 19:38 UTC
Re: [Puppet Users] Windows - MSI that shows up in Windows Features instead of Add/Remove Programs
Ah, I was under the mistaken impression that you were installing IE11 somewhere that is it is built into the box, which would allow you to take advantage of just asking DISM (or the Windows-Feature module found http://forge.puppetlabs.com/opentable/windows_feature) to just add that feature. I would consider this a windows update type package then and those usually only show up if you select to view windows updates. Removing any output that is sensitive, what is your output of puppet resource package ? My second question is what version of puppet do you have installed on the windows boxes? On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Josh D <joshuadavidson@gmail.com> wrote:> I assume you''re referring to the DSIM module ( > https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/dism )? > > From what I understand is that module is only good for installing existing > features. In other words, there doesn''t appear to be a way to install a > new feature from an MSI using that module. > > > On Friday, December 13, 2013 10:12:28 AM UTC-7, Rob Reynolds wrote: > >> Josh, >> Have you tried using Windows-Features module that is on the forge to do >> this instead? As you are seeing, this is not currently a supported >> scenario. It could be something we would add in the future though. I just >> want to explore alternatives first. >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Josh D <joshuad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I''m trying to deploy IE11 through puppet. I''ve created a custom MSI >>> using the IE Administration Kit that supports silent installs. The problem >>> is, IE is "built into" Windows, so rather than showing up in the installed >>> programs list, it winds up in Windows Features. I figured this would cause >>> a problem, if I attempted to install it as a package since Puppet is >>> checking the list of installed "programs" to see whether or not it needs to >>> install the package. As I expected, Puppet attempts to install the MSI >>> everytime it''s executed. Is there any way to get it to check windows >>> features in addition to installed programs? In lieu of that, does anyone >>> have any suggestions? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> msgid/puppet-users/f1150eac-4100-4c6f-96b8-58531e53c84c% >>> 40googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rob Reynolds >> Developer, Puppet Labs >> >> Join us at PuppetConf 2014, September 23-24 in San Francisco >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/29ee8eb0-eec1-4bc5-ac20-49b60b64ef8f%40googlegroups.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >-- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs Join us at PuppetConf 2014, September 23-24 in San Francisco -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMJiBK5%2BiJON4W9-6ux8y3PPFCvWxk0M9ux_GR9oP315Ham-Kg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.