Presentation about the usage of WPKG windows packages manager, presented at Libre Software Meeting 2010 / RMLL 2010 ; see http://2010.rmll.info/WPKG-Experience-feedback-in-a-small-company.html?lang=en

1. WPKG — Windows packages manager
wpkg.org
Fabrice Flore-Thebault
fab@centsix.org
July 6, 2010

2. WPKG — Windows packages manager
Outline
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

3. WPKG — Windows packages manager
Context of utilisation
Context of utilisation
Management of desktops in a middle sized company ;
Windows : no centralized package management ;
Small set of user profiles can be defined ;
Heavy turn over : reinstall workstations often and quickly ;
Users needing up to date software : upgrades every week !
From a collection of exceptions to standardized profiles ;
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4. WPKG — Windows packages manager
What is packages management (to me)
What is packages management (to me)
Actions on computers : install, configure, update ;
Mode of action : silent, automated, logged ;
Central repository : one single point for definitions of
packages, dependancies, profiles, hosts ;
Decentralized decisions : client takes decisions and run
changes, based on definitions of profiles ;
QA : versioning, test environment, validation of changes ;
Keep it simple ...
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

5. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
wpkg.js
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

6. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
wpkg.js
wpkg.js
install
/synchronize
/install:pkg ; /upgrade:pkg ; /remove:pkg
/query:[a,i,x,u]
options
/quiet
/noreboot
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

7. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
packages
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

8. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
packages
packages
package id=”wpkg1” name=”Windows Packager sample 1”
revision=”1” reboot=”false” priority=”0”
check type=”registry”,”file”,”uninstall” condition=”exists”
path=”WPKG”
install,upgrade,remove cmd=’cmd’
exit code=”0”
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

9. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
profiles
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

10. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
profiles
profiles
profile id=”custom”
depends profile-id=”default”
package package-id=”thunderbird”
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

11. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
hosts
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

12. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
hosts
hosts
crontab generated file (from directory server)
regular expressions : host name=”.+” profile-id=”default”
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

13. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
software
1 Context of utilisation
2 What is packages management (to me)
3 WPKG files
wpkg.js
packages
profiles
hosts
software
4 Automated execution
wpkg.org WPKG — Windows packages manager

14. WPKG — Windows packages manager
WPKG files
software
software
configuration files
binaries
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15. WPKG — Windows packages manager
Automated execution
Automated execution
active directory GPO
WPKG client
srvany service
samba with preexec & winexe
task scheduler
cygrunsrv.exe
fusioninventory task
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