Description

Install Chocolatey with the default recipe and manage packages with a handy resource/provider.

Requirements

Platform:

• Windows
• Chef 11.6 or greater

Cookbooks:

• windows (~> 1.31)

Notes

As of Chocolatey version 0.9.8.24 the install directory for Chocolatey has changed from C:\Chocolatey to C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey.

More information can be gotten from the Chocolateywiki.

Attributes

• node['chocolatey']['Uri'] - Defaults to "https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1".
• node['chocolatey']['upgrade'] - Defaults to "true".

Recipes

• chocolatey::default

Resources

• chocolatey

chocolatey

Actions

• install: Install a chocolatey package (default)
• remove: Uninstall a chocolatey package
• upgrade: Update a chocolatey package

Attribute Parameters

• package: package to manage (default name)
• source:
• version: The version of the package to use.
• args: arguments to the installation.

Examples

include_recipe 'chocolatey'

%w{sysinternals 7zip notepadplusplus GoogleChrome Console2}.each do |pack|
  chocolatey pack
end

%w{bash openssh grep}.each do |pack|
  chocolatey pack do
    source 'cygwin'
  end
end

chocolatey 'wireshark' do
  version '1.12.6'
  action :install
end

chocolatey 'DotNet4.5'

chocolatey 'PowerShell'

License and Maintainer

Maintainer:: Guilhem Lettron ([email protected])

License:: Apache 2.0