Did you try using the package resource over the exec resource? I install .NET 4.0 using the package resource and it works just fine on Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise & Standard, though I haven’t tried on Data Center but I’m not sure how different it would be. I’ve done something similar with .net 4.5. The package resource allows the installation of .NET to be idempotent as it is aware of packages installed/registered in Control Panel.
Here is one I use for .NET 4.5.1, but it’s the same pattern for 4.0 (I can’t find the one I had for 4.0, but it was similar). Update the package name to match the description as it appears in Control Panel as well as the version. In my case I have a previous resource that I require that downloads the .exe to a temp folder for local execution(Download_file). I also ensure that IIS is installed (Windowsfeature) package { 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1': ensure => '4.5.50938', source => 'D:\temp\NDP451-KB2858728-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe', install_options => ['/q','/norestart'], require => [Download_file['NDP451-KB2858728-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe_download'],Windowsfeature['IIS']], } As I said I can’t find the 4.0 package def I had, but let here’s a crack at what I remember. You’ll need to ensure that the source is updated to where you have it. The source attribute works for local and UNC resources, but not http urls. We use the download_file puppet resource type (from puppet forge) to download files from an HTTP url. package { 'Microsoft .NET Framework Extended': ensure => '4.0.30319', source => 'D:\temp\dotNetFx40_full_x86_x64.exe', install_options => ['/q','/norestart'], } .NET 4.0 installs both extended and client profile. You *could* chain these together, but I haven’t tried. Puppet will check that these are installed and if they are, will not install them again. The first one would kick off and install both, then when the Client Profile was checked it would see it was installed. You could use this to ensure that both were installed – if someone uninstalled the client profile but not extended, it would kick off the installer again, but I’ve not tried a repair option. Perhaps .net would do a full refresh, but I don’t know for sure. package { 'Microsoft .NET Framework Extended': ensure => '4.0.30319', source => 'D:\temp\dotNetFx40_full_x86_x64.exe', install_options => ['/q','/norestart'], } -> package { 'Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile': ensure => '4.0.30319', source => 'D:\temp\dotNetFx40_full_x86_x64.exe', install_options => ['/q','/norestart'], } Hope this helps. -Jim From: Stephen Wallace Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 2:15 AM To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Subject: [Puppet Users] Ability to "wait" for dotnet to complete installation Hi all, Interesting timing challenge around installing dotnet on Windows 2008 R2 Data Cente. In essence, when we run the following command, it appears to complete in a few seconds. The reality is that it spawns multiple new msiexecs to install and configure itself over the next 5 mins or so. dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart This causes an obvious issue if we need to install a bit of software with dotnet as a dependancy, unless, we can "wait" until dotnet has finished it's 5 min dance. >From command line, this issue is resolved by adding a "start /wait" to the >above command. The next challenge is how to get the correct syntax for my exec >statement; command => "start /wait ${dotnet::params::deployment_root}\\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart", Without the "start /wait", the above command "works". With the "start /wait", it complains as follows... /Stage[main]//Dotnet[dotnet45]/Exec[install-dotnet-45]/returns: Error: start /wait C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\modules\dotnet\files\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart returned 1 instead of one of [0] Short of writing a new function called "go for a cup of tea" feeding it the required number of sleep seconds(!), does anybody have any experiences or ideas around this one?? -- Regs, Stephen J Wallace M +61 (0)415 306731 http://au.linkedin.com/in/stephenwallace -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAFB-iqe4_v9wZO0vKSJkDabN5j3GRe-9fRqDkmpy7tPmL7dTrg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/65D4B90AE627478BA7881003C8AE2800%40JimHPPavilionG6. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.