Puppet for windows installers at Softek

windows_installer.pp

# This is the basic structure for a Windows project puppet module at Softek
# We found that the Package type as provided by Puppet was not quite sufficient for our needs.
# Instead, we transfer the file, exec msiexec when it changes (while logging install output), and then ensure the service is running.
class some_project {
  $installer = 'Project.Setup.msi'
  $url = "puppet:///release/${installer}"

  file { "c:/packages/${installer}":
    ensure => 'file',
    mode   => '1777',
    owner  => 'administrator',
    group  => 'Administrators',
    source => $url,
  }

  exec { 'Package Project':
    path        => "c:\\windows\\system32",
    command     => "msiexec /qn /norestart /i c:\\packages\\${installer} /l*v c:\\packages\\${installer}.log",
    refreshonly => true,
    subscribe   => File["c:/packages/${installer}"],
    require     => [
      Class['other_project'],
      Class['another_project'],
    ],
  }

  service { 'project.service':
    ensure  => running,
    require => Exec['Package Project'],
    subscribe   => [
      Env['PROJECT_CONFIGURATION'], # custom Env type for defining environment variables
    ],
  }
}