choria-windows-build

Choria is an open-source orchestrator tool for Puppet. The code provides the means to create the binary for Windows, however, it is not provided anymore with new releases. It uses Docker and Ruby/Rake, but in some cases and some enterprise environments, it is not possible to use them.

For those who can't use Docker to create the Windows binary and MSI, I've created a PowerShell script to create the binary from the source code and the MSI for easier distribution and installation.

Prerequisites

For a successful build, you need to have these tools installed:

• GoLang - to build the binary
• WixTools - to build the MSI, tested on version 3.11.2.4516

Execution

The current version and latest commit hash are stored in the current_build.json, which are used to determine if there is any new version.

binary_build.ps1

1. Check for the version and latest commit hash if there's a new version to build
2. Clone the repository if a new version or commit is found
3. Set environment variables GOOS=windows and GOARCH=amd64
4. Create variables and arguments for the correct build
5. Run go generate --run plugin to auto-generate plugins needed for the build
6. Run go build with variables and arguments to build the binary
7. Call msi_build.ps1

msi_build.ps1

1. Create a new directory and copy the created binary and template files (from the original repo) for the MSI build to that directory
2. Replace the placeholders for the name, version, etc., in the XML used to create the MSI (choria.wxs)
3. Replace the placeholders in the package.bat file, which is used to call WIX executables to create MSI
4. Call the package.bat file to create the MSI

8. Update current_build.json with the new version and hash found