salt.modules.win_pkg

A module to manage software on Windows

The following functions require the existence of a windows repository metadata DB, typically created by running pkg.refresh_db:

• pkg.get_repo_data

• pkg.install

• pkg.latest_version

• pkg.list_available

• pkg.list_pkgs

• pkg.list_upgrades

• pkg.remove

If a metadata DB does not already exist and one of these functions is run, then one will be created from the repo SLS files that are present.

As the creation of this metadata can take some time, the winrepo_cache_expire_min minion config option can be used to suppress refreshes when the metadata is less than a given number of seconds old.

salt.modules.win_pkg.compare_versions(ver1='', oper='==', ver2='')

Compare software package versions. Made public for use with Jinja

Parameters

• ver1 (str) -- A software version to compare

• oper (str) -- The operand to use to compare

• ver2 (str) -- A software version to compare

Returns

True if the comparison is valid, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.compare_versions 1.2 >= 1.3

salt.modules.win_pkg.genrepo(**kwargs)

Generate package metadata db based on files within the winrepo_source_dir

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default: base

verbose (bool):

Return verbose data structure which includes 'success_list', a list of all sls files and the package names contained within. Default False.

failhard (bool):

If True, an error will be raised if any repo SLS files failed to process. If False, no error will be raised, and a dictionary containing the full results will be returned.

Note

• Hidden directories (directories beginning with '.', such as '.git') will be ignored.

Returns

A dictionary of the results of the command

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt-run pkg.genrepo
salt -G 'os:windows' pkg.genrepo verbose=true failhard=false
salt -G 'os:windows' pkg.genrepo saltenv=base

salt.modules.win_pkg.get_package_info(name, saltenv='base')

Return package info. Returns empty map if package not available.

salt.modules.win_pkg.get_repo_data(saltenv='base')

Returns the existing package metadata db. Will create it, if it does not exist, however will not refresh it.

Parameters

saltenv (str) -- Salt environment. Default base

Returns

A dict containing contents of metadata db.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.get_repo_data

salt.modules.win_pkg.install(name=None, refresh=False, pkgs=None, **kwargs)

Install the passed package(s) on the system using winrepo

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name of a single package, or a comma-separated list of packages to install. (no spaces after the commas)

• refresh (bool) -- Boolean value representing whether or not to refresh the winrepo db. Default False.

• pkgs (list) --

  A list of packages to install from a software repository. All packages listed under pkgs will be installed via a single command.

  You can specify a version by passing the item as a dict:

  CLI Example:

  # will install the latest version of foo and bar
  salt '*' pkg.install pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
  
  # will install the latest version of foo and version 1.2.3 of bar
  salt '*' pkg.install pkgs='["foo", {"bar": "1.2.3"}]'

Kwargs:

version (str):

The specific version to install. If omitted, the latest version will be installed. Recommend for use when installing a single package.

If passed with a list of packages in the pkgs parameter, the version will be ignored.

CLI Example:

# Version is ignored
salt '*' pkg.install pkgs="['foo', 'bar']" version=1.2.3

If passed with a comma separated list in the name parameter, the version will apply to all packages in the list.

CLI Example:

# Version 1.2.3 will apply to packages foo and bar
salt '*' pkg.install foo,bar version=1.2.3

extra_install_flags (str):

Additional install flags that will be appended to the install_flags defined in the software definition file. Only applies when single package is passed.

saltenv (str):

Salt environment. Default 'base'

report_reboot_exit_codes (bool):

If the installer exits with a recognized exit code indicating that a reboot is required, the module function

win_system.set_reboot_required_witnessed

will be called, preserving the knowledge of this event for the remainder of the current boot session. For the time being, 3010 is the only recognized exit code. The value of this param defaults to True.

New in version 2016.11.0.

Returns

Return a dict containing the new package names and versions. If the package is already installed, an empty dict is returned.

If the package is installed by pkg.install:

{'<package>': {'old': '<old-version>',
               'new': '<new-version>'}}

Return type

dict

The following example will refresh the winrepo and install a single package, 7zip.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.install 7zip refresh=True

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.install 7zip
salt '*' pkg.install 7zip,filezilla
salt '*' pkg.install pkgs='["7zip","filezilla"]'

WinRepo Definition File Examples:

The following example demonstrates the use of cache_file. This would be used if you have multiple installers in the same directory that use the same install.ini file and you don't want to download the additional installers.

ntp:
  4.2.8:
    installer: 'salt://win/repo/ntp/ntp-4.2.8-win32-setup.exe'
    full_name: Meinberg NTP Windows Client
    locale: en_US
    reboot: False
    cache_file: 'salt://win/repo/ntp/install.ini'
    install_flags: '/USEFILE=C:\salt\var\cache\salt\minion\files\base\win\repo\ntp\install.ini'
    uninstaller: 'NTP/uninst.exe'

The following example demonstrates the use of cache_dir. It assumes a file named install.ini resides in the same directory as the installer.

ntp:
  4.2.8:
    installer: 'salt://win/repo/ntp/ntp-4.2.8-win32-setup.exe'
    full_name: Meinberg NTP Windows Client
    locale: en_US
    reboot: False
    cache_dir: True
    install_flags: '/USEFILE=C:\salt\var\cache\salt\minion\files\base\win\repo\ntp\install.ini'
    uninstaller: 'NTP/uninst.exe'

salt.modules.win_pkg.latest_version(*names, **kwargs)

Return the latest version of the named package available for upgrade or installation. If more than one package name is specified, a dict of name/version pairs is returned.

If the latest version of a given package is already installed, an empty string will be returned for that package.

Note

Since this is looking for the latest version available, a refresh_db will be triggered by default. This can take some time. To avoid this set refresh to False.

Parameters

names (str) -- A single or multiple names to lookup

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default base refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default True

Returns

A dictionary of packages with the latest version available

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package name>
salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package1> <package2> <package3> ...

salt.modules.win_pkg.list_available(*names, **kwargs)

Return a list of available versions of the specified package.

Parameters

names (str) -- One or more package names

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): The salt environment to use. Default base.

refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default False.

return_dict_always (bool):

Default False dict when a single package name is queried.

Returns

The package name with its available versions

Return type

dict

{'<package name>': ['<version>', '<version>', ]}

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_available <package name> return_dict_always=True
salt '*' pkg.list_available <package name01> <package name02>

salt.modules.win_pkg.list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, include_components=True, include_updates=True, **kwargs)

List the packages currently installed.

Note

To view installed software as displayed in the Add/Remove Programs, set include_components and include_updates to False.

Parameters

• versions_as_list (bool) -- Returns the versions as a list

• include_components (bool) -- Include sub components of installed software. Default is True

• include_updates (bool) -- Include software updates and Windows updates. Default is True

Kwargs:

saltenv (str):

The salt environment to use. Default base

refresh (bool):

Refresh package metadata. Default False

Returns

A dictionary of installed software with versions installed

Return type

dict

{'<package_name>': '<version>'}

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_pkgs
salt '*' pkg.list_pkgs versions_as_list=True

salt.modules.win_pkg.list_upgrades(refresh=True, **kwargs)

List all available package upgrades on this system

Parameters

refresh (bool) -- Refresh package metadata. Default True

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default base

Returns

A dictionary of packages with available upgrades

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_upgrades

salt.modules.win_pkg.purge(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs)

Package purges are not supported on Windows, this function is identical to remove().

Note

At some point in the future, pkg.purge may direct the installer to remove all configs and settings for software packages that support that option.

New in version 0.16.0.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name of the package to be deleted.

• version (str) -- The version of the package to be deleted. If this option is used in combination with the pkgs option below, then this version will be applied to all targeted packages.

• pkgs (list) -- A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default base refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default False

Returns

A dict containing the changes.

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.purge <package name>
salt '*' pkg.purge <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
salt '*' pkg.purge pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'

salt.modules.win_pkg.refresh_db(**kwargs)

Generates the local software metadata database (winrepo.p) on the minion. The database is stored in a serialized format located by default at the following location:

C:\salt\var\cache\salt\minion\files\base\win\repo-ng\winrepo.p

This module performs the following steps to generate the software metadata database:

• Fetch the package definition files (.sls) from winrepo_source_dir (default salt://win/repo-ng) and cache them in <cachedir>files<saltenv><winrepo_source_dir> (default: C:\salt\var\cache\salt\minion\files\base\win\repo-ng)

• Call pkg.genrepo to parse the package definition files and generate the repository metadata database file (winrepo.p)

• Return the report received from pkg.genrepo

The default winrepo directory on the master is /srv/salt/win/repo-ng. All files that end with .sls in this and all subdirectories will be used to generate the repository metadata database (winrepo.p).

Note

• Hidden directories (directories beginning with '.', such as '.git') will be ignored.

Note

There is no need to call pkg.refresh_db every time you work with the pkg module. Automatic refresh will occur based on the following minion configuration settings:

• winrepo_cache_expire_min

• winrepo_cache_expire_max

However, if the package definition files have changed, as would be the case if you are developing a new package definition, this function should be called to ensure the minion has the latest information about packages available to it.

Warning

Directories and files fetched from <winrepo_source_dir> (/srv/salt/win/repo-ng) will be processed in alphabetical order. If two or more software definition files contain the same name, the last one processed replaces all data from the files processed before it.

For more information see Windows Software Repository

Arguments:

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default: base

verbose (bool):

Return a verbose data structure which includes 'success_list', a list of all sls files and the package names contained within. Default is 'False'

failhard (bool):

If True, an error will be raised if any repo SLS files fails to process. If False, no error will be raised, and a dictionary containing the full results will be returned.

Returns

A dictionary containing the results of the database refresh.

Return type

dict

Note

A result with a total: 0 generally means that the files are in the wrong location on the master. Try running the following command on the minion: salt-call -l debug pkg.refresh saltenv=base

Warning

When calling this command from a state using module.run be sure to pass failhard: False. Otherwise the state will report failure if it encounters a bad software definition file.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.refresh_db
salt '*' pkg.refresh_db saltenv=base

salt.modules.win_pkg.remove(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs)

Remove the passed package(s) from the system using winrepo

New in version 0.16.0.

Parameters

• name (str) -- The name(s) of the package(s) to be uninstalled. Can be a single package or a comma delimited list of packages, no spaces.

• pkgs (list) -- A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

Kwargs:

version (str):

The version of the package to be uninstalled. If this option is used to to uninstall multiple packages, then this version will be applied to all targeted packages. Recommended using only when uninstalling a single package. If this parameter is omitted, the latest version will be uninstalled.

saltenv (str): Salt environment. Default base refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default False

Returns

Returns a dict containing the changes.

If the package is removed by pkg.remove:

{'<package>': {'old': '<old-version>',

'new': '<new-version>'}}

If the package is already uninstalled:

{'<package>': {'current': 'not installed'}}

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.remove <package name>
salt '*' pkg.remove <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
salt '*' pkg.remove pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'

salt.modules.win_pkg.upgrade(**kwargs)

Upgrade all software. Currently not implemented

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): The salt environment to use. Default base. refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default True.

Note

This feature is not yet implemented for Windows.

Returns

Empty dict, until implemented

Return type

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade

salt.modules.win_pkg.upgrade_available(name, **kwargs)

Check whether or not an upgrade is available for a given package

Parameters

name (str) -- The name of a single package

Kwargs:

refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default True saltenv (str): The salt environment. Default base

Returns

True if new version available, otherwise False

Return type

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade_available <package name>

salt.modules.win_pkg.version(*names, **kwargs)

Returns a string representing the package version or an empty string if not installed. If more than one package name is specified, a dict of name/version pairs is returned.

Parameters

name (str) -- One or more package names

Kwargs:

saltenv (str): The salt environment to use. Default base. refresh (bool): Refresh package metadata. Default False.

Returns

version string when a single package is specified. dict: The package name(s) with the installed versions.

Return type

str

{['<version>', '<version>', ]} OR
{'<package name>': ['<version>', '<version>', ]}

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.version <package name>
salt '*' pkg.version <package name01> <package name02>