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Wsus-client Cookbook

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Configures WSUS clients to retrieve approved updates.

Testing

The PowerShell script will always fail if run via the winrm vagrant provider as the IUpdateSession::CreateUpdateDownloader is not available remotely.

Logs

The Microsoft.Update.Session object keeps a log in: C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log

Requirements

This cookbook recommends Chef 12.6+.

Platforms

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2008 (R1, R2)
  • Windows 8 and 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012 (R1, R2)
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2016

Usage

Using this cookbook is quite easy; add the desired recipes to the run list of a node, or role. Adjust any attributes as desired. For example, to configure a windows server role that connects to your WSUS server:

$ cat roles/updated_windows_server.rb
name 'updated_windows_server'
description 'Setup a windows server to keep up-to-date'

run_list(
  'wsus-client::default'
)

default_attributes(
  wsus_client: {
    wsus_server: 'http://wsus-server.my-corporation.com:8530',
    update_group: 'updated_server2015',
  },
)

Providers & Resources

update

This provider allows to synchronously download and/or install available windows updates.

Actions

Action Description
download Download available updates
install Install downloaded updates

NOTE: The default behavior is [:download, :install]

Attributes

Attribute Description Type Default
actions An array of actions to perform (see. actions above) Symbol array [:download, :install]
name Name of the resource String
download_timeout Time alloted to the download operation before failing Integer 3600
install_timeout Time alloted to the install operation before failing Integer 3600
handle_reboot Indicate whether to reboot or not after update install TrueClass, FalseClass false
reboot_delay The amount of time (in minutes) to delay the reboot Integer 1

Recipes

wsus-client::default

Convenience recipe that configures WSUS client and performs a synchronous update. It basically includes wsus-client::configure and wsus-client::update

wsus-client::configure

This recipe modifies the Windows registry to configure WSUS update settings.

Attributes

The following attributes are used to configure the wsus-client::configure recipe, accessible via node['wsus_client'][attribute].

Attribute Description Type Default
wsus_server Defines a custom WSUS server to use instead of Microsoft Windows Update server String, URI nil
update_group Defines the current computer update group. (see client-side targeting) String nil
disable_windows_update_access Disables access to Windows Update (or your WSUS server) TrueClass, FalseClass false
enable_non_microsoft_updates Allows signed non-Microsoft updates. TrueClass, FalseClass true
allow_user_to_install_updates Authorizes Users to approve or disapprove updates. TrueClass, FalseClass false
auto_install_minor_updates Defines whether minor update should be automatically installed. TrueClass, FalseClass false
no_reboot_with_logged_users Disables automatic reboot with logged-on users. TrueClass, FalseClass true
automatic_update_behavior Defines auto update behavior. Symbol* :disabled
detection_frequency Defines times in hours between detection cycles. FixNum 22
schedule_install_day Defines the day of the week to schedule update install. Symbol** :every_day
schedule_install_time Defines the time of day in 24-hour format to schedule update install. FixNum (1-23) 0
schedule_retry_wait Defines the time in minutes to wait at startup before applying update from a missed scheduled time FixNum (0-60) 0
reboot_warning Defines time in minutes of the restart warning countdown after reboot-required updates automatic install FixNum (1-30) 5
reboot_prompt_timeout Defines time in minutes between prompts for a scheduled restart FixNum (1-1440) 10
service_timeout Defines time in seconds to wait before the service resource times out Integer 60

* automatic_update_behavior values are:

# :disabled  = Disables automatic updates
# :detect    = Only notify users of new updates
# :download  = Download updates, but let users install them
# :install   = Download and install updates
# :manual    = Lets the users configure the behavior

** schedule_install_day possible values are: :every_day, :sunday, :monday, :tuesday, :wednesday, :thursday, :friday, :saturday

wsus-client::update

This recipe performs a synchronous detection and install of available Windows updates.

Attributes

The following attributes are used to configure the wsus-client::update recipe, accessible via node['wsus_client']['update'][attribute].

Attribute Description Type Default
action Define actions performed by the update recipe. Array of symbols [:download, :install]
download_timeout Time alloted to the download operation before failing. Integer 3600
install_timeout Time alloted to the install operation before failing. Integer 3600
handle_reboot Indicate whether to reboot or not after update install. TrueClass, FalseClass false
reboot_delay The amount of time (in minutes) to delay the reboot. Integer 1

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository on Github
  2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
  3. Write your change
  4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
  5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
  6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Baptiste Courtois ([email protected])

Copyright 2014-2015, Criteo.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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