[chef] Re: RE: Re: Silent installations via Chef in Windows

[Kenneth Barry < >]

Thanks for the reply. Been banging my head over this one. I'll give it a shot 
today, and see we hat I come up with. Curios to see what the /L*vx means.

> On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:40 AM, Kapil Shardha 
> <
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>  wrote:
> 
> Julian,
> 
> As per the documentation 
> http://docs.opscode.com/resource_windows_package.html , the new ;
> windows_package (built-in) resource seems to lack some attributes, like 
> "options", that we used to have before from windows cookbook. This 
> attribute was used to pass in command-line arguments, such as "/qn" for 
> silent installs for MSIs that allow it.  Any idea on how to pass such 
> arguments using this new built-in resource? I did not have much success 
> with using "package" resource either, though I mentioned the windows 
> provider in  "provider" attribute. Also, is there a way to still use this 
> resource from windows cookbook? (something like "include_recipe 'windows'" 
> in recipe perhaps?)
> 
> 
> Kenneth, due to above mentioned issue and some other requirement, I had to 
> use following alternative, using powershell_resource. This will install the 
> MSI silently and generate the verbose log for installation.
> 
> powershell_script "Install MSI Silently " do
>    code <<-EOH
>    
>    $command = \"msiexec /qn /i \" + "#{installerFilePath}" + \" /L*vx 
> #{msilogFilePath} 
>    Invoke-Expression -Command $command
>        
>    EOH    
> end
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Kapil
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian C. Dunn 
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> Subject: [chef] Re: Silent installations via Chef in Windows
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>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Kenneth Barry 
>> <
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>>  wrote:
>> I can't find much information about this. Been struggling to get it 
>> working.
>> 
>> Anyone aware of a tutorial on how to do this right, or even, what 
>> alternatives they are using to perform installations?
> 
> Are you talking about the silent installation of software in Windows?
> What software are you trying to install?
> 
> For MSIs, msiexec /qn has generally worked for me (using either the 
> windows_package resource or the built-in 'package' resource in Chef
> 11.12.x) but results vary based on how terrible the software vendor is... 
> Oracle Client for example is one that refuses to install unattended.
> 
> - Julian
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