Running Puppet Under a Specific CodePage

__README.md

These files can be used to force Puppet.BAT to run under a specific code page (In this case 950)

1. Grab all 3 files (puppet.vbs, install.vbs and RunPuppetAgent.xml)
2. IMPORTANT - Make sure RunPuppetAgent.xml is saved with UTF-16LE encoding.
3. Modify puppet.vbs to use the codepage you want (Currently 950)
4. Run cscript.exe install.vbs

• This will copy puppet.vbs into the C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin directory
• Stop and Disable the Puppet Agent service
• Create a Scheduled Task to run the Puppet Agent every 30mins (with a 30min skew) under SYSTEM account

install.vbs

Option Explicit
Dim fso, thisDir, installDir, objShell
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
thisDir = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
' Assume puppet is in "C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet"
installDir = "C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet"

Sub ExecCmd(ByVal command)
  WScript.Echo "Running " + command
  Dim objResult
  Set objResult = objShell.Exec(command)

  ' Wait for process to exit and output the STDOUT and STDERR streams
  Do While objResult.Status = 0
    If Not objResult.StdOut.AtEndOfStream Then
      WScript.Echo "STDOUT: " + objResult.StdOut.ReadAll
    End If
    If Not objResult.StdErr.AtEndOfStream Then
      WScript.Echo "STDERR: " + objResult.StdErr.ReadAll
    End If
    WScript.Sleep 100
  Loop

  WScript.Echo "EXIT: " & objResult.ExitCode
End Sub


WScript.Echo "Copying puppet VBScript wrapper..."
fso.CopyFile thisDir + "\puppet.vbs", installDir + "\bin\puppet.vbs", true

WScript.Echo "Stopping the Puppet Agent ..."
ExecCmd "sc.exe stop puppet"

WScript.Echo "Disabling the Puppet Agent ..."
ExecCmd "sc.exe config puppet start= disabled"

WScript.Echo "Creating scheduled task to run Puppet Agent"
ExecCmd "schtasks.exe /create /TN RunPuppetAgent /XML """ + thisDir + "\RunPuppetAgent.xml"""

WScript.Echo "Installed"

puppet.vbs

Option Explicit
Dim fso, thisDir, objShell, puppetArgs, index
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
thisDir = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)

' Grab the puppet arguments
puppetArgs = ""
For index = 0 to WScript.Arguments.count - 1
  If index = 0 Then
    puppetArgs = WScript.Arguments(0)
  Else
    puppetArgs = puppetArgs + " " + WScript.Arguments(index)
  End If
Next

Dim objResult
' Assume that puppet.bat is in the same directory as this script
Set objResult = objShell.Exec("CMD /C chcp 950 & CALL """ + thisDir + "\puppet.bat"" " + puppetArgs)

' Wait for puppet to exit and output the STDOUT and STDERR streams
Do While objResult.Status = 0
  If Not objResult.StdOut.AtEndOfStream Then
    WScript.Echo "STDOUT: " + objResult.StdOut.ReadAll
  End If
  If Not objResult.StdErr.AtEndOfStream Then
    WScript.Echo "STDERR: " + objResult.StdErr.ReadAll
  End If
  WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
' Pass through the exit code
WScript.Quit objResult.ExitCode

RunPuppetAgent.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2018-08-29T11:50:32</Date>
    <Author>RANDOM\USER</Author>
    <URI>\RunPuppetAgent</URI>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <TimeTrigger>
      <Repetition>
        <Interval>PT30M</Interval>
        <StopAtDurationEnd>false</StopAtDurationEnd>
      </Repetition>
      <StartBoundary>2018-08-29T11:50:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <RandomDelay>PT30M</RandomDelay>
    </TimeTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>//B //NoLogo "C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin\puppet.vbs" agent --onetime</Arguments>
      <WorkingDirectory>C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin</WorkingDirectory>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>