[Puppet Users] exec resource stuck during the install of an Oracle Client on Windows

[Louis Coilliot]

Hello,

I'm trying to install an Oracle client on Windows with the "Oracle
Universal Installer".

The command works fine manually in a command prompt :

P:\oracle_client\winx64_12102_client\client\setup.exe -silent -nowelcome
-nowait -responseFile D:\resources\client.rsp

or

C:\Windows\System32 /c
"P:\oracle_client\winx64_12102_client\client\setup.exe -silent -nowelcome
-nowait -responseFile D:\resources\client.rsp"

In the command window it launches a new install window and gives back the
command prompt immediately.  In the new window, the install is fine and in
the end the window is closing automatically.

Note that it gives back the prompt immediately and that the installer runs
in another window.

Doing this in an exec resource with puppet, it gets stuck

- the installer window is launched
- the installation process is OK
- the installer window is closed automatically
- the puppet agent gets stuck

Then I need to kill the command window with the puppet agent run to kill
the puppet run.

When I do that, the Oracle client is installed and working. A new run won't
try to install it again.

And the software is present in the installed software list.

Here is the code :

  $winpath = "C:\\Windows\\System32"

  $orainstcmd = [
    #"${winpath}\\cmd.exe /c",
    #"\"",
    "P:\\oracle_client\\winx64_12102_client\\client\\setup.exe",
    '-silent',
    '-nowelcome',
    '-nowait',
    "-responseFile D:\\resources\\client.rsp",
    #"\"",
  ]

  $orainstcmdstr = join($orainstcmd, ' ')

  $tstcommand = "${winpath}\\cmd.exe /c \"if exist D:\\Oracle\\sqlplus.exe
(exit 0) else (exit 1)\""

  exec { 'install_ora64_client':
      command => $orainstcmdstr,
      require => [
        Exec['Map resource drive'],
        File['d:\\resources\client.rsp'],
      ],
      unless  => $tstcommand,
      timeout => 240,
  }

The timeout is not helping.

-silent: Runs Oracle Universal Installer in silent mode and suppresses the
Welcome window.

-nowait: Closes the console window when the silent installation completes.

Any hints ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Louis Coilliot

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