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wsus-client (13) Versions 1.2.1

Configures wsus client

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cookbook 'wsus-client', '= 1.2.1', :supermarket
cookbook 'wsus-client', '= 1.2.1'
knife supermarket install wsus-client
knife supermarket download wsus-client
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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 11+.

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)

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

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

* 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'][attribute].

Attribute Description Type Default
download_only Determines whether available update should be installed once downloaded. TrueClass, FalseClass false

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 (b.courtois@criteo.com)

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

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Dependent cookbooks

This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

Contingent cookbooks

There are no cookbooks that are contingent upon this one.

Wsus-client CHANGELOG

This file is used to list changes made in each version of the wsus-client cookbook.

1.2.1 (2016-05-05)

  • Configure travis to test using ruby 2.1.0
  • PR 21 - Support chef-client running on ruby 64bits (chef >= 12.8.1)

1.2.0 (2015-08-07)

  • PR 17 - Speed up LWRP by searching updates only once
  • PR 15 - Log more information before downloading and installing updates

1.1.0 (2015-06-18)

  • Expose new wsus_client_update LWRP to synchronously download or install updates
  • PR 9 - Fix the client-side detection
  • PR 11 - Allow string values for automatic_update_behavior and schedule_install_day
  • Add chefspec and rspec tests!

1.0.1 (2015-06-03)

  • Fix README.md for chef supermarket

1.0.0 (2015-06-03)

  • Workaround foodcritic false positive
  • Rename attribute disable_windows_update_acces to disable_windows_update_access
  • Explicitly set attribute value of detection_frequency to 22 hours
  • Force WU detection on configuration change
  • Complete README.md

0.1.3 (2015-01-29)

  • Fail chef run on guard failure
  • Configure basic rake tasks and travis build

0.1.2 (2014-09-15)

  • Fix update script guard condition

0.1.1 (2014-09-15)

  • Add windows supports in metadata

0.1.0 (2014-08-27)

  • Initial release of wsus-client
  • Client recipes do nothing on non-windows platform
  • Add client recipes that configures automatic updates and initiates download and install

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FC066: Ensure chef_version is set in metadata: wsus-client/metadata.rb:1
FC069: Ensure standardized license defined in metadata: wsus-client/metadata.rb:1
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Criteo Criteo
Maxime Brugidou
Baptiste Courtois

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Updated July 22, 2016 Created on

Supported Platforms

  • windows >= 0.0.0

License

Apache 2.0

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