The windows package provider doesn't have this information. You could alternatively try the chocolatey package provider. It's available on the forge: http://forge.puppetlabs.com/rismoney/chocolatey
-- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs *Join us at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - * http://bit.ly/pupconf13* **Register now and take advantage of the Final Countdown discount - save 15%!* On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote: > On Linux, you would do this: > > install.pp: > > class base_puppet_agent::install { > case $::operatingsystem { > windows : { > package { 'PuppetWindows': > name => 'Puppet', > ensure => installed, > source => > 'puppet:\\\modules\base_puppet_agent\puppet-3.2.3-rc1.msi', > provider => windows > } > } > centos, redhat: { > package { 'puppet': > ensure => latest, # <-------- > } > } > } > } > > And the Linux package provider would know when a new version is available. > I am not sure if Windows can do that. > > From http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/3.2.latest/type.html#package, > it says: > > ensure > What state the package should be in. On packaging systems that can > retrieve new packages on their own, you can choose which package to > retrieve by specifying a version number or latest as the ensure value. On > packaging systems that manage configuration files separately from “normal” > system files, you can uninstall config files by specifying purged as the > ensure value. Valid values are present (also > calledinstalled), absent, purged, held, latest. Values can match /./. > > > You might find these links of help: > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/writing.html#packagepackage > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/windows/troubleshooting.html#package > > On Jul 4, 2013, at 3:09 PM, cko wrote: > > hi, im trying to update the puppet windows agent on my windows server 2008 > r2 node. > > i installed puppet-3.2.2 manually. my goal is to update the puppet agent > to puppet-3.2.3-rc1 > > i tried that with the following manifest: > > init.pp: > > class base_puppet_agent { > include base_puppet_agent::install, > base_puppet_agent::service, > base_puppet_agent::config > } > > install.pp: > > class base_puppet_agent::install { > case $::operatingsystem { > windows : { > package { 'PuppetWindows': > name => 'Puppet', > ensure => installed, > source => > 'puppet:\\\modules\base_puppet_agent\puppet-3.2.3-rc1.msi', > provider => windows > } > } > centos, redhat: { > package { 'puppet': > ensure => installed, > } > } > } > } > > service.pp: > > class base_puppet_agent::service { > service { 'puppet': > ensure => running, > enable => true, > hasstatus => true, > hasrestart => true > } > } > > config.pp: > > class base_puppet_agent::config { > > case $::operatingsystem { > windows: { > #Windows > file { 'C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\puppet.conf': > source => " > puppet:///modules/base_puppet_agent/puppet_windows.conf", > notify => Service['puppet'], > require => Package ['PuppetWindows'] > } > } > centos, redhat: { > #Linux > file { '/etc/puppet/puppet.conf': > source => "puppet:///modules/base_puppet_agent/puppet.conf", > owner => 'root', > group => 'root', > mode => '0644', > notify => Service['puppet'], > require => Package ['puppet'] > } > } > } > } > > the puppet run works perfectly. no errors whatsoever. the problem is, that > it doesn't update to the desired version. it just checks, if a package > named "puppet" is installed, but ignores the current version. > > thoughts? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
