windows_feature_powershell¶

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Use the windows_feature_powershell resource to add, remove or entirely delete Windows features and roles using PowerShell. This resource offers significant speed benefits over the windows_feature_dism resource, but requires installation of the Remote Server Administration Tools on non-server releases of Windows.

New in Chef Client 14.0.

Syntax¶

This resource has the following syntax:

windows_feature_powershell 'name' do
  all                        true, false # default value: 'false'
  feature_name               Array, String # default value: 'name'
  management_tools           true, false # default value: 'false'
  notifies                   # see description
  source                     String
  subscribes                 # see description
  timeout                    Integer # default value: '600'
  action                     Symbol # defaults to :install if not specified
end

where:

windows_feature_powershell is the resource
'name' is the name of the feature / role, or the name of the resource block
all, feature_name, management_tools, notifies, source, subscribes, and timeout are the properties available to this resource

Actions¶

:install: Default. Install a Windows role / feature using PowerShell.
:remove: Remove a Windows role / feature using PowerShell.
:delete: Delete a Windows role / feature from the image using PowerShell.
:nothing: Define this resource block to do nothing until notified by another resource to take action. When this resource is notified, this resource block is either run immediately or it is queued up to be run at the end of the Chef Client run.

Properties¶

all

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Install all subfeatures. When set to true, this is the equivalent of specifying the -InstallAllSubFeatures switch with Add-WindowsFeature.

feature_name

Ruby Type: Array, String | Default Value: 'name'

The name of the feature(s) or role(s) to install, if it differs from the resource block name.

management_tools

Ruby Type: true, false | Default Value: false

Install all applicable management tools for the roles, role services, or features.

notifies

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may notify another resource to take action when its state changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action that resource should take, and then the :timer for that action. A resource may notify more than one resource; use a notifies statement for each resource to be notified.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for notifies is:

notifies :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

source

Ruby Type: String

Specify a local repository for the feature install.

subscribes

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may listen to another resource, and then take action if the state of the resource being listened to changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action to be taken, and then the :timer for that action.

Note that subscribes does not apply the specified action to the resource that it listens to - for example:

file '/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt' do
   mode '0600'
   owner 'root'
end

service 'nginx' do
   subscribes :reload, 'file[/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt]', :immediately
end

In this case the subscribes property reloads the nginx service whenever its certificate file, located under /etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt, is updated. subscribes does not make any changes to the certificate file itself, it merely listens for a change to the file, and executes the :reload action for its resource (in this example nginx) when a change is detected.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for subscribes is:

subscribes :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

timeout

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 600

Specifies a timeout (in seconds) for the feature installation.