windows_package

windows_package

Use the windows_package resource to manage Microsoft Installer Package (MSI) packages for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Syntax

A windows_package resource block manages a package on a node, typically by installing it. The simplest use of the windows_package resource is:

windows_package 'package_name'

which will install the named package using all of the default options and the default action (:install).

The full syntax for all of the properties that are available to the windows_package resource is:

windows_package 'name' do
  checksum                   String
  installer_type             Symbol
  notifies                   # see description
  options                    String
  provid