puppet_choco_install

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Description
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with pe_choco_install
   • What pe_choco_install affects
   • Setup requirements
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

Powershell user-data code to bootstrap a custom EC2 Windows instance

Module Description

The script installs Chocolatey, which in turn installs Puppet Agent with the provided server address.

Setup

What pe_choco_install affects

pe_choco_install will install Chocolatey with from its standard install command. Then will install Puppet Agent using choco install with a custom Puppet Server adress as parameter.

Setup Requirements

You need a valid EC2 subscription, and obviously a Puppet Server to which the agent will report. Even though I tested only 64 bits systems, it should work in 32 bits too.

Usage

You'll need to edit the code and adjust the Puppet Server name. Then inject the template from your Puppet AWS ec2_instance manifest: user_data => template('dir_name/pe_choco_template.ps1.erb'), and launch the instance. The user-data code will run during first boot, download Choco and then install Puppet Agent, which will register the node against Puppet Server during first run.

Limitations

Tested on Windows 2008 R2 and 2012, both 64 bits.

Development

Currently under heavy development.