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 (~> 1.38)

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

All attributes below are pre-pended with node['chocolatey']

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
`['upgrade']`	Whether to upgrade Chocolatey if it's already installed	Boolean	false
`['install_vars']['chocolateyProxyLocation']`	HTTPS proxy for Chocolatey install script	String	Chef::Config['https_proxy'] or ENV['https_proxy']
`['install_vars']['chocolateyProxyUser']`	Proxy user for authenticating proxies	String	nil
`['install_vars']['chocolateyProxyPassword']`	Proxy user password	String	nil
`['install_vars']['chocolateyVersion']`	Version of Chocolatey to install, e.g. '0.9.9.11'	String	nil (download latest version)
`['install_vars']['chocolateyDownloadUrl']`	Chocolatey .nupkg file URL. Use this if you host an internal copy of the chocolatey.nupkg	String	https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/package/chocolatey (download from chocolatey.org)

Recipes

chocolatey::default

Resources

chocolatey

chocolatey

Note: On chef client versions 12.7.0 and greater, Use the chocolatey_package resource instead.

Actions

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

Resource Properties

package: package to manage (default name)
source: The source to find the package(s) to install
version: The version of the package to use.
args: arguments to the installation.
options: Hash of additional options to be sent to choco.exe

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 'git.install' do
    options ({ 'params' => "'/GitOnlyOnPath'" })
end

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

chocolatey "some_private_secure_package" do
  source "https://some.proget/feed"
  options ({'u' => 'username', 'p' => 'password'})
end

chocolatey 'DotNet4.5'

chocolatey 'PowerShell'

License and Maintainer

Maintainer:: Guilhem Lettron (guilhem@lettron.fr)

License:: Apache 2.0

DjWolfy01 / chocolatey-cookbook