Hi, Just wondering: What are you guys using to deploy software on your windows (7) workstations within the samba4 AD? These are options I know of: * wpkg (but it seems it's development is not too active) * wpkg-gp using the group policies * www.opsi.org (Client Management System for Windows clients) * standard windows software deployment, but I think that's msi-only This page also has al lot interesting reading: http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/ However, I'm looking for some praktical tips or experiences. What are you using, do you like it? Would you recommend it? The samba wiki also has a page on this subject: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Software_deployment_on_Samba but it only talks about wpkg, and history tells me it dates from 2006.... I could perhaps update that page with the outcome of this thread. Thanks in advance, Mourik Jan
for most things I use Ninite Pro https://ninite.com then if i need something else I write a script or use standard msi.. usually all I need is in Ninite Lorenzo Faleschini IT Manager @ Nord Est Systems srl ---------------------------------------- m: +39 335 6055225 | skype: falegalizeit Il 23/09/2014 12:03, mourik jan heupink - merit ha scritto:> Hi, > > Just wondering: What are you guys using to deploy software on your > windows (7) workstations within the samba4 AD? > > These are options I know of: > > * wpkg (but it seems it's development is not too active) > * wpkg-gp using the group policies > * www.opsi.org (Client Management System for Windows clients) > * standard windows software deployment, but I think that's msi-only > > This page also has al lot interesting reading: > http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/ > > However, I'm looking for some praktical tips or experiences. What are > you using, do you like it? Would you recommend it? > > The samba wiki also has a page on this subject: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Software_deployment_on_Samba > but it only talks about wpkg, and history tells me it dates from 2006.... > > I could perhaps update that page with the outcome of this thread. > > Thanks in advance, > Mourik Jan
Am 23.09.2014 12:03, schrieb mourik jan heupink - merit:> Hi, > > Just wondering: What are you guys using to deploy software on your > windows (7) workstations within the samba4 AD? > > These are options I know of: > > * wpkg (but it seems it's development is not too active) > * wpkg-gp using the group policies > * www.opsi.org (Client Management System for Windows clients) > * standard windows software deployment, but I think that's msi-only > > This page also has al lot interesting reading: > http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/ > > However, I'm looking for some praktical tips or experiences. What are > you using, do you like it? Would you recommend it? > > The samba wiki also has a page on this subject: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Software_deployment_on_Samba > but it only talks about wpkg, and history tells me it dates from 2006.... > > I could perhaps update that page with the outcome of this thread. > > Thanks in advance, > Mourik JanHi Mourik, I use OPSI here since an few years and did not yet regret it. It does not use GPO's but comes with it's own group/computer management. I may add more info later. achim~
Hi Mourik,> > Just wondering: What are you guys using to deploy software on your > windows (7) workstations within the samba4 AD? > > These are options I know of: > > * wpkg (but it seems it's development is not too active) > * wpkg-gp using the group policies > * www.opsi.org (Client Management System for Windows clients) > * standard windows software deployment, but I think that's msi-onlyI have used/tested all the above (and many others) in the past and finaly I ended up re-developping an apt-get equivalent for handling software deployment on windows (yes I know the NIH syndrom :-). The result is Wapt-get (http://dev.tranquil.it/wiki/Wapt , warning French only) licenced with gplv3. If you are familiar with .deb packaging, you should feel at home. Wapt-get is based on: * an http repository with Packages index * an agent installed on workstation with your certificate for package validation and installation * a package is a plain zip file (simpler than an "ar" of tarxz) with signature (apk style) that is checked before installation, a control file with package name, version and dependencies, and a setup.py file that is executed during installation. * a standard language (python) is used to script a setup.py file how the package is installed (ie. you won't have to learn an extra cryptic xml based scripting language :-). The shortest setup.py file is : def install(): run("firefox-setup.exe /s") I use it currently on about 5000+ workstation and it scales properly (my largest single install is about 1000 workstations on a single wapt server VM). If you are eager to test it, I would advise you to start with the windows based wapt server which is easier to install, and then go with the linux server which scales better. Your feedback is welcome! If there is enough interest I'll translate the whole stuff in English earlier, it is on the roadmap. Hope this helps. Denis> > This page also has al lot interesting reading: > http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/ > > However, I'm looking for some praktical tips or experiences. What are > you using, do you like it? Would you recommend it? > > The samba wiki also has a page on this subject: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Software_deployment_on_Samba > but it only talks about wpkg, and history tells me it dates from 2006.... > > I could perhaps update that page with the outcome of this thread. > > Thanks in advance, > Mourik Jan-- Denis Cardon Tranquil IT Systems Les Espaces Jules Verne, b?timent A 12 avenue Jules Verne 44230 Saint S?bastien sur Loire tel : +33 (0) 2.40.97.57.55 http://www.tranquil-it-systems.fr