Jira (PUP-3317) Extend Package Source to include HTTP Urls (Windows)

[Louis Mayorga (JIRA)]

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Louis Mayorga commented on an issue   Re: Extend Package Source to include HTTP Urls (Windows) The way I found to remove the dependency to the File resource type is to use the following architecture. 1. Have a Server Based (WebDav) server used to server package installers (msi,exec) 2. Set the Network Drive on the site.pp. This could work for either EC2, Vagrant and Machines Members of a LAN. 3. Use the Package resource type calling the specified Drive Letter. There is a lot of software that need to be installed on some of our machines and keeping that data just for the installation process is just not justified. This worked for me and hopefully i can write a blog post for many hypervisors but with the same code. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-3317 Extend Package Source to include HTTP Urls (Windows) Currently, The *package* resource type for windows does not include the http url as a valid value. {code} windows Windows package management. This provider supports either MSI or self-extracting executable installers. This provider requires a source attribute when installing the package. It accepts paths to local files, mapped drives, or U... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.