On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Im having difficulty passing powershell variables into Puppet, while using
> the Powershell module.
>
> What I need to achieve is this in powershell. It is basically a script
> that executes a check to see if a windows module is installed, and if not,
> copies it from a source directory.
>
> *This is the powershell script*
>
> $check = Get-WindowsFeature -name Net-Framework-Core
> $source = "\\server\directory\directory2\directory3"
> $destination = "C:\source3"
> if ($check.Installed -ne "True") {
> Copy-Item $source -Destination $destination -Recurse
> Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core
> Remove-Item $destination -Recurse
> }
>
> *This is my puppet manifest*
>
> class profiles::dotnetrun {
>
>
> $check = "Get-WindowsFeature -name Net-Framework-Core"
>
This is a Puppet variable when it is in the manifest, not a PowerShell
variable.
> $source = "server\\directory\\directory2\\directory3"
>
> $destination = "C:\source3"
>
>
> exec { 'dotnet':
>
> command => 'Copy-Item \$source -Destination \$destination
> -Recurse',
>
> onlyif => '\$check.Installed -ne "True"',
>
Probably due to some confusion on Puppet variables versus PowerShell
variables. You cannot define a PowerShell variable in the manifest as you
have tried above.
Another issue is that you want these to be used as variables from Puppet,
but they are likely being passed as literal strings. You should instead
look into removing the variables and passing the entire string or updating
these calls to use double-quoted strings so that variable interpolation
will occur (the literal string *$source* is passed when you use '$source',
the variable value is passed when you use "$source") and using escape
characters where appropriate.
Another option is to look into calling PowerShell files in either a
templates or files directory of your module.
Also calling $check.Installed is not likely to work as it is shown in your
manifest. If you instead surround it as "\$($check).Installed", you may
have more luck.
HTH.
> provider => powershell,
>
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
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