webpi Cookbook

Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI) automates the installation of Microsoft's entire Web Platform. This cookbook makes it easy to get WebpiCmdLine.exe the lightweight CLI version of WebPI onto a Windows node. It also exposes a resource for installing WebPI products idempotently.

Requirements

Platforms

• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008 (R1, R2)
• Windows 8
• Windows Server 2012

Cookbooks

• windows

Attributes

• node['webpi']['home'] - location to install WebPI files to. Default is %SYSTEMDRIVE%\webpi
• node['webpi']['url'] - Path to download webpi zip.
• node['webpi']['xmlpath'] - Optional path to custom xml file.
• node['webpi']['install_method'] - Method of installing webpi via msi or zip. Default is msi.
• node['webpi']['msi'] - Location of msi file to use.
• node['webpi']['msi_package_name'] - Windows package name, found in registry, for msi. Defaults to "Microsoft Web Platform Installer 4.5"

Resource/Provider

webpi_product

Actions

• :install: install a product using WebpiCmdLine

Attribute Parameters

• product_id: name attribute. Specifies the ID of a product to install.
• accept_eula: specifies that WebpiCmdline should auto-accept EULAs. Default is false.

Examples

Install IIS 7 Recommended Configuration (will install IIS 8 on Windows 2012 despite the name)

webpi_product 'IIS7' do
  accept_eula true
  action :install
end

Install Windows PowerShell 2.0

webpi_product 'PowerShell2' do
  accept_eula true
  action :install
end

Usage

default

Downloads and unzips WebpiCmdLine.exe to the location specified by node['webpi']['home']. WebpiCmdLine.exe is used required by the webpi_product LWRP for taking all actions.

License & Authors

Author:: Seth Chisamore ([email protected])

Copyright:: 2011-2013, Chef Software, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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