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	true
['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 ([email protected])

License:: Apache 2.0