Package Management on WindowsWith Chocolatey

Kenaz KwaSr. Product Manager

Rob ReynoldsSr. Software Engineer, creator of Chocolatey

Agenda• How Puppet Enterprise works• Why Chocolatey• Chocolatey Puppet Provider• Creating Packages• Hosting Your Own Server• Demo• Puppet Labs Windows support• Resources• Q&A

Our software automates the provisioning,

configuration & ongoing management

of your machines & the applications, services & software running on them.

Puppet Deployment

Ubuntu Server

PUPPET MASTER

Windows Server Cisco Switch

How Puppet Enterprise Works

Why Chocolatey

Package Manager for Windows• Behaves much like Yum• Uses NuGet packaging

framework + PowerShell for automation scripts

• CLI tool - choco.exe• GUI - ChocolateyGUI• Allows non-centralized/private

repositories• Microsoft validated - there will

be a OneGet provider

Chocolatey == Universal Software Packaging

chocolatey.org (Community Repo)• Community Feed /

Community Maintained• Moderated as of October

2014

• A couple people have downloaded packages (1 yr ago at 5 Million)

• Organizations should not depend on community b/c trust and control

Chocolatey Puppet Provider

Puppet Provider• puppet module install

chocolatey/chocolatey• Approved module, supported

module coming• Manages install of Chocolatey• Packages• Soon manages full

configuration of Chocolatey

Install Chocolatey

• Install and initial configuration• Point to internal resources

Package Resource

• installable, uninstallable, upgradeable, versionable, holdable, install_options, uninstall_options

• Still later: virtual_packages

Why Chocolatey Provider?• This is the built-in

provider• Note the following:

• Name of package• Source

• Manifest maintenance

Why Chocolatey Provider?• Package resource

default to provider => chocolatey for Windows.

• Platform agnostic packaging

Creating Packages

Creating Packages• choco new -h

• Create organizational templates!

• *.nuspec

• chocolateyInstall.ps1

• Other resources like binaries / config files, etc

• Getting started / reference at http://bit.ly/choco-create

packagename.nuspec• This is a nuget

packaging specification• Enhanced with

provides, conflicts, replaces (although choco doesn’t know what to do with them yet)

• Will be enhancing further: architecture, os versions, etc

chocolateyInstall.ps1• Helpers / Functions• Reduce work• PowerShell, you can

do anything• Function reference

https://bit.ly/choco-functions

Hosting Your Own Server

Hosting Your Own Packages• chocolatey/

chocolatey_server module• Non-Windows Hosting

– Artifactory– Sonatype Nexus

• NuGet Gallery proper• ProGet / MyGet• https://bit.ly/choco-package-

server

DEMO

Puppet Labs Windows Support• 32- & 64-bit Support – Native MSI packages for x64 as of

Puppet Enterprise 3.7• Broad Platform Support - Windows 2008, 2012, 7, 8• Windows Provisioning - Provision Windows OSes with Razor• Puppet Supported & Approved Modules for Windows –

Including Windows Module Pack, Supported SQL Sever & DSC modules

• Azure Integration – Microsoft Azure extension handler for bootstrapping Puppet installs. Supported Azure module.

Puppet Supported Modules• SQL Server – Installs & manages MS SQL Server 2012 &

2014 on Windows systems• WSUS Client – Configure clients to point to update servers;

schedule updates• DSC – Manages PowerShell DSC resources• Azure – Provision and manage Azure VMs• ACL – manage permissions with Windows ACLs• Registry – manage Registry keys and values• PowerShell – execute PowerShell commands with Puppet• Reboot – Automatically reboot after install

Puppet Approved Modules• IIS – install and manage IIS• Chocolatey – package manager• windows_env – manage Windows environment variables• Windows Java – Install and manage Oracle Java on Windows• pget – PowerShell alternative to wget or curl

Windows Webinar SeriesRegister for upcoming webinars at: http://info.puppetlabs.com/1885-Windows-Series-Main_LP-Registration.html

• Managing PowerShell DSC with Puppet

• Patch Management on Windows with Puppet

• Setting up Windows for System and Application Monitoring

• Getting Up and Running with the Windows Module Pack

• Get Started on Azure with Puppet

Questions &Answers

ResourcesPuppetConf 2015 Windows Track• Chocolatey and Puppet - Rob Reynolds• Azure for the Non-Microsoft Person - Rob Reynolds & Scott Hanselman, MSFT• Better Together: Managing Windows with Puppet and DSC - Ethan Brown &

Bruce Payette, MSFT• Beyond the Registry - Matthew Stone, T-Mobile• The Wild World of Windows: Developing for Puppet on Windows - Travis

Fields, Nike

Blog• Chocolatey blog series• PowerShell DSC blog series

Docs• Managing Windows Configurations

Education• Learning VM• Puppet Essentials for Windows – Instructor-led• Puppet Essentials for Windows - Virtual• Puppet Fundamentals