[chef] RE: Calling exe in Windows hangs the Chef run

[Adam Edwards < >]

Dan-Joe, have you verified that the installation is actually hung when you run chef-client? You could use ps in PowerShell or use taskmgr.exe to validate that some process related to the setup is still going.

 

Just to rule out any odd behavior, I would recommend changing the command in the execute block to something that you know will work, e.g. “cmd /c echo hello” just to see that your recipe completes. Assuming it does, then you know the hang is related to something specific to the installer you are running.

 

-Adam

 

From: Dan-Joe Lopez [mailto: "> ]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 2:50 PM
To: ">
Subject: [chef] Calling exe in Windows hangs the Chef run

 

Hello fellow Chefs!

 

I don’t know what I am doing wrong here ☹  This is a similar question as was asked here http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2015-05/msg00161.html, however my problem is that the expected ways of being able to do this are not working.

 

Note, that we are working with chef-solo 11.6

 

I am trying to install Altassian SourceTree.  The installer is an exe, of what type I am unsure (and can’t seem to find the right way to find that out).  I am also passing a parameter of “/exenoui” to suppress the installer interface for automation.

 

However I try to run this executable, it hangs the chef client run upon completion. In most cases, it actually runs as it is supposed to, e.g. files are where I expect them to be afterwards…

 

I am downloading the installer source from a local network repository, and then attempting to run it.

I can acquire the file with remote_file.  I then try to execute it with ‘execute’, ‘batch’, or do the download and run all at once with ‘windows_package’.

 

When I use execute or batch, the application is installed, but the chef run never moves on.  When I use ‘windows_package’ the application is not installed, and the chef run just hangs there.  Here is the code:

 

***This

Works***

remote_file

"#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}\\#{node['my-sourcetree'][:what]}"

do

 

 

source node['my-sourcetree'][:RepoLoc]

+

"/"

+

node['my-sourcetree'][:where]

+

"/"

+

node['my-sourcetree'][:what]

 

 

action :create

end

****************

 

***These

install but hang the chef run***

batch

"Install

#{node['my-sourcetree'][:what]}

#{node['my-sourcetree'][:options]}"

do

 

cwd "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}"

 code

"#{node['my-sourcetree'][:what]}

#{node['my-sourcetree'][:options]}"

end

 

execute

"Install"

do

 

 

cwd "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}"

 

 

command "#{node['my-sourcetree'][:what]}

#{node['my-sourcetree'][:options]}"

end

******************************************

 

***This

just hangs the chef run without installing anything***

windows_package

"#{node['my-sourcetree'][:name]}

#{node['my-sourcetree'][:ver]}"

do

 

source node['my-sourcetree'][:RepoLoc]

+

"/"

+

node['my-sourcetree'][:where]

+

"/"

+

node['my-sourcetree'][:what]

 

options node['my-sourcetree'][:options]

 

action :install

end

**************************************************************

 

My

attributes are:

default['my-sourcetree'][:name]

=

'SourceTree'

default['my-sourcetree'][:where]

=

'Altassian/SourceTree'

default['my-sourcetree'][:what]

=

'SourceTreeSetup_1.6.18.exe'

default['my-sourcetree'][:ver]

=

'1.6.18

default['my-sourcetree'][:options]

=

'/exenoui'

default['my-sourcetree'][:RepoLoc]

=

'http://my-repo'

 

The source installer is located at http://my-repo/Altassian/SourceTree/SourceTreeSetup_1.6.18.exe

 

If someone can point me at what I am doing wrong here, I sure would appreciate the help!

 

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