Hello,
I currently use WPKG on about fifty computers and I am quite satisfied
but I am missing a few things so that this to be perfect.
I'm currently thinking about a new deployment tool software for
Microsoft systems (XP/Vista/7) like WPKG but with the following functions:
- Installed directly as a Windows service (no cscript)
- Retrieve the list of the packages to be installed on the computer from
an HTTP server (a PHP script that queries an LDAP directory to choose a
database or xml file like Profiles.xml). The description of the packages
could be an XML file whose format is identical to WPKG.
- Retrieving of files (installation programs) from an HTTP server
- Signing packages and files to ensure they have not been altered and
nobody use this tool to install other software.
- Sends the installation state through the HTTP server (a PHP script
that stores information in a DB)
The tool is divided into two parts. The service running on the computer
and the script in PHP.
The advantages I see in that new tools would include:
- Securing the installation packages
- Access to the installation status of packages in real time on computers
- Ability to work with LDAP
Thank you for your feedback and sorry for my bad english.
Regards,
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Olivier LARRIGAUDIERE
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