Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages
Home Page: https://boxstarter.org/
License: Apache License 2.0
See https://github.com/chocolatey/choco for further development
Apache 2.0 - see docs/legal (just LEGAL in the zip folder)
##Please see the wiki
See docs/legal/CREDITS (just LEGAL/Credits in the zip folder)
I would like to have the ability to install a specific version of a Boxstarter package (as Chocolatey offers). This makes it possible to easily reinstall environments with specific versions of packages.
See also this discussion: https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/discussions/568915
UPDATE: Web Archive link to discussion
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/49
Need to feed these to the scheduled task.
UPDATE: Archive link although no additional info given.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/28
Add Desktop icon sizing to wincofig functions
UPDATE: Issue Archive Link
migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/86
I tried using the Boxstarter web launcher today to set up a new machine. However, chocolatey.org is currently "offline for maintenance" and requests to http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 fail with a 503 error. This causes the script to fail, but the reason is not obvious just from observing the console window.
The console displays the following:
Boxstarter may need to reboot your system.
Please provide your password so that Boxstarter may automatically log you on.
Your password will be security stored and encrypted.
Autologon Password: **********
Boxstarter: Successfully authenticated password.
Boxstarter: Disabling Automatic Updates from Windows Update
Boxstarter: Chocolatey not installed. Downloading and installing...
Boxstarter: Enabling Automatic Updates from Windows Update
Type ENTER to exit:
At this point, I can press Enter and a red error will be briefly displayed in the console, but the window closes before I can read the message.
I would expect this error would be displayed immediately when it occurs, rather than waiting for me to press Enter. Even better, Boxstarter should handle this and display its own error, perhaps something like "Boxstarter: Failed to install Chocolatey, see boxstarter.log for details."
I noticed red text scroll by in PowerShell while my script was running in a VM. Boxstarter.log had no record of it. I deduced it was the following call because the file being downloaded was incomplete/corrupt:
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $destination)
I tried doing a manual throw in PowerShell, and it didn't get captured either. Is boxstarter.log supposed to capture exception output? It would be nice if it did.
Details that might be pertinent: The starting script installs Chocolatey and Boxstarter, builds NuGet packages from .ps1 files using New-PackageFromScript, then installs them all via a single call to Install-BoxstarterPackage. Packages avoid re-running lots of code after each reboot. Each of the packages sets $Boxstarter.log to c:\vagrant, a directory shared with the host machine.
In the documentation it states that I should be able to build all of the packages in my local repo but when I issue invoke-boxstarterbuild I get the following output
Invoke-BoxStarterBuild : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified name parameters.
At line:1 char:1
Adding the PackageName and it works fine.
migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/57
When using the command Install-windowsupdate from BoxstarterShell everything works until the first restart. Errormessage as follows:
+ Boxstarter starting Downloading 1 updates
+ Boxstarter finished Downloading 1 updates 00:00:03.6635341
+ Boxstarter starting Installing Updates
This may take several minutes...
Boxstarter: Restart Required. Restarting now...
+ Boxstarter finished Installing Updates 00:41:21.6046543
Boxstarter: writing restart file
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.Bootstrapper\Invoke-Reboot.ps1:38 char:32
+ $Boxstarter.NoPassword.ToString <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (ToString:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
PS C:\>
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/79
In reference to discussion at https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/discussions/541122#post1244147 it would be great if users could passin custom data to a boxstarter package that could then be used to forward on to chocolatey custom args.
I have a 'DeveloperWorkstation' boxstarter package that usually installs fine. I've been testing via a VM and sometimes I would get an Exception in the console that would close before I could read it. I wrapped the install logic in a Try {} Catch {} block which didn't seem to help.
Now, I have a VM that is permanently buggered, even when I run
Install-BoxstarterPackage DeveloperWorkstation -Verbose
by hand.
A gist of the output is here: https://gist.github.com/skyguy94/cc1db8eaa2fb14caded6
I'm looking for help in digging deeper into the issue, but I'm not sure what the best way to debug Boxstarter is. I was hoping for more debug info, but the debug preferences seemed to have no effect, or I did it wrong.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/71
OS: win 7 x64 Evaluation version running in Vmware Fusion VM
Since WebLauncher didn't work I manually installed Chocolatey and then Boxstarter and then from Boxstarter shell ran this:
PS C:> Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName https://gist.githubusercontent.co
m/clarity99/123650a8387d3fc8bd79/raw/gistfile1.txt
This started working but with various issues. SP1 dialog was left on the screen.
I had to restart process a few times to continue with the installation and finally it came to this:
PS C:> Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName https://gist.githubusercontent.co
m/clarity99/123650a8387d3fc8bd79/raw/gistfile1.txt
Boxstarter: Installing package https://gist.githubusercontent.com/clarity99/1236
50a8387d3fc8bd79/raw/gistfile1.txt
Boxstarter Version 2.4.15
(c) 2014 Matt Wrock. http://boxstarter.org
Boxstarter: Disabling Automatic Updates from Windows Update
Calling 'C:\Chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\nuget.exe pack temp_BoxstarterPackage\t
emp_BoxstarterPackage.nuspec -NoPackageAnalysis'.
Attempting to build package from 'temp_BoxstarterPackage.nuspec'.
Successfully created package 'C:\Users\rob\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\BuildPacka
ges\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0.nupkg'.
Boxstarter: Created a temporary package temp_BoxstarterPackage from https://gist .githubusercontent.com/clarity99/123650a8387d3fc8bd79/raw/gistfile1.txt in C:\Us
ers\rob\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\BuildPackages
Boxstarter starting Calling Chocolatey to install temp_BoxstarterPackage. This
may take several minutes to complete...
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.23) is installing 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and dependencies.
By installing you accept the license for 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and each depen
dency you are installing.
'temp_BoxstarterPackage 1.0.0' already installed.
If you want to reinstall the current version of an existing package, please use
the -force command.
Finished installing 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and dependencies - if errors not sh
own in console, none detected. Check log for errors if unsure.
Boxstarter finished Calling Chocolatey to install temp_BoxstarterPackage. This
may take several minutes to complete... 00:00:02.1211673
Boxstarter: Enabling Automatic Updates from Windows Update
Completed : True
Errors : {}
ComputerName : localhost
StartTime : 05/04/2014 19:22:45
FinishTime : 05/04/2014 19:22:50
However, it only installed up to an including NugetPackageExplorer.
Now, it won't continue.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/61
Hi there! This is my first time using Boxstarter, so I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong, but the end result is that the machine keeps restarting, and will do so indefinitely, until I actually go to the desktop and kill the Boxstarter process in between reboots.
A few specifics:
this is a brand new Asus laptop that I just bought for my wife, and it came with Windows 8.1 pre-installed
the Gist that I'm using
I'm trying to do a "Launch from Web", using this URL: http://boxstarter.org/package/url?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/danrochman/13398e4427c1f2c5919e/raw/16c6db0ab488338a2195f5674b74cd33842b876a/boxstarter-efa-asus.txt
Everything seems to work well at first, but then it says "Restart Required", and restarts the machine. As soon as it can, it seems to go through the exact same process again. And again. I have to catch/kill the window in order to get it to stop. I have a (blurry, sorry) photo of the window here. Same window comes up every time.
Happy to share log files or other details - just let me know what (if anything) might be helpful. Thanks!!
Is Step 4 in http://boxstarter.org/Learn/RemotePackageWithArtifacts correct? Emphasis mine.
Create the Package
Lets assume that you saved the above Visual Studio project to c:\dev\NugetServer. You can now create a package with the artifacts of this project embedded in the package:
New-BoxstarterPackage -Name NugetFeedApp
Copy-Item c:\dev\NugetServer "$($Boxstarter.LocalRepo)\NugetServer" -Recurse -ForceThis creates a skeleton Chocolatey package with the contents of your NugetServer application embedded in the package. You will need to complete the ChocolateyInstall.ps1 file.
Should NugetFeedApp be NugetServer? NugetFeedApp does not appear anywhere else on the page.
Is it planned to add OneDrive Commands?
Things I would like to do is:
Move-OneDriveDirectory
Set-OneDriveOptions Enable/DisableMakeAllFilesAvailableOffline
And a way start a sync explicitly and be notified/continue when it finished (much like windows updates).
Hello. I've noticed that sometimes when a chocolatey install fails, BoxStarter does not report the error in the log file. So if you aren't watching the console, you could miss a legitimate error. I'm unsure if this is specific to chocolatey install failures or applies to any failure when running a BoxStarter package (e.g. custom powershell). I was able to create this minimal test case to reproduce the error (clean/vanilla Windows 8.1 machine with all windows updates as of today)
test.ps1
if ( Get-UAC )
{
Disable-UAC
Invoke-Reboot
}
cinst nuget.commandline
# force error by extracting to c:\windows\system32
cinst sqlserver2014express
cinst GoogleChrome
execution
BoxstarterShell.bat
$creds = Get-Credential
Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName PATH_TO_TEST_PS1 -Credential $creds
When SQL Server is installing (sorry for the large download!), choose c:\windows\system32\SqlServer2014ExpressInstall\ to extract files, which will force an error in the install. Notice how the error is reported in the console. Boxstarter continues and installs Chrome, but the error doesn't appear in the log file. Here's the log file: https://gist.github.com/SurajGupta/307aec9b6ce00330ecff
And the console/package install session ends with the following:
"Type ENTER to exit"
Now try a package with no reboot:
cinst nuget.commandline
# force error by extracting to c:\windows\system32
cinst sqlserver2014express
cinst GoogleChrome
The error still shows up in the console. But now the log file shows the error. Here's the log file: https://gist.github.com/SurajGupta/535c80ac41a40cc7f4f0
Also, the console/package install session ends with the following:
Errors : {Package 'SqlServer2014Express v1.0.1' did not install successfully: [ERROR] Running C:\Users\suraj\AppD
ata\Local\Temp\chocolatey\SqlServer2014Express\SqlServer2014ExpressInstall.exe with was not successful
. Exit code was '-2147467259'., SqlServer2014Express did not finish successfully. Boo to the chocolatey
gods!
-----------------------
[ERROR] [ERROR] Running C:\Users\suraj\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\SqlServer2014Express\SqlServer2014E
xpressInstall.exe with was not successful. Exit code was '-2147467259'.
-----------------------, [ERROR] Running C:\Users\suraj\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\SqlServer2014Expre
ss\SqlServer2014ExpressInstall.exe with was not successful. Exit code was '-2147467259'.}
ComputerName : localhost
Completed : True
FinishTime : 01/06/2015 08:55:33
StartTime : 01/06/2015 08:47:46
So it seems that the restart somehow puts Boxstarter into a state where it does not report errors.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/69
I'm trying to use the Invoke-FromTask command in the Boxstarter.Common with no success. Suggestions?
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:\Users\vagrant> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
4 0 -1 -1PS C:\Users\vagrant> boxstarter
Boxstarter: Installing Chocolatey
Boxstarter Version 2.4.15
(c) 2014 Matt Wrock. http://boxstarter.org
Boxstarter: Disabling Automatic Updates from Windows Update
True
Boxstarter: Enabling Automatic Updates from Windows UpdatePS C:\Users\vagrant> boxstartershell
C:\Users\vagrant>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy bypass -NoExit -Command "&'C:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\BoxstarterShell.ps1'"
Welcome to the Boxstarter shell!
The Boxstarter commands have been imported from C:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter and are available for you to run in this shell.
You may also import them into the shell of your choice.
Here are some commands to get you started:
Install a Package: Install-BoxstarterPackage
Create a Package: New-BoxstarterPackage
Build a Package: Invoke-BoxstarterBuild
Enable a VM: Enable-BoxstarterVM
For Command help: Get-Help <Command Name> -Full
For Boxstarter documentation, source code, to report bugs or participate in discussions, please visit http://boxstarter.org
PS C:\> Import-Module Boxstarter.Common
WARNING: The names of some imported commands from the module 'Boxstarter.Common' include unapproved verbs that might make them less discoverable. To find the commands with unapproved verbs, run the Import-Module command again with the Verbose parameter. For a list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.
PS C:\> Invoke-FromTask "DISM /Online /Online /NoRestart /Enable-Feature /Telnet-Client" -IdleTimeout 20
ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
Unable to run scheduled task. Message from task was
At C:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.Common\Invoke-FromTask.ps1:108 char:9
+ throw "Unable to run scheduled task. Message from task was $taskResult"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Unable to run s... from task was :String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to run scheduled task. Message from task wasHi,
I'm using this Gist : https://gist.github.com/johnkattenhorn/cc77c268a713a029aa15#file-testsql2014express-ps1
NOTE: This is no longer using SQL Express as the SQL2014Express setup has an issue which results in not being able to find the SKU when run using boxstarter remotely :-)
The setup seems to be running fine on the guest until this message appears on the HostMachine (which I'm running the boxstarter script from).
Task has exceed it's timeout with no activity. Killing Task ...
Is there a way to override the timeout value ?
Thanks
John
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/62
Use case:
Background: the boxstarter installation is stored in a network share (\server\boxstarter) to make it available for new bare hosts. (see http://boxstarter.org/InstallingPackages, "Running an Install from a network share or external media")
If boxstarter.bat then is used to execute a text script (as described here: http://boxstarter.org/WebLauncher, install from a gist) a temporary boxstarter package (temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0.nupkg) is created in $boxstarter.basedir\BuildPackages on the share.
This effectively turns $boxstarter.basedir\BuildPackages\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0.nupkg into a shared mutable state which will lead to problems if multiple bare hosts runs boxstarter from the same share but with different text scripts at the same time.
Suggestion: (by Matt Wrock: https://twitter.com/mwrockx/status/445610173160120320)
temp packages created when running text scripts should be stored in the bare host's %temp% directory.
I am new to box starter but I have a new script that was working yesterday on a plain vanilla Windows 8.1 Pro x64 VM.
When I try to run the following command from step 3 (http://boxstarter.org/WebLauncher) from an elevated command prompt, I am getting the following error below:
I tried the following unsuccessful workaround - I installed chocolately on the VM by running the following command in an elevated command prompt from http://chocolatey.org/
@PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
Here is the specific error message:
Create-BoxstarterTask.ps1, has a different computed hash than specified in manifest.
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.2.9200.0 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.34014
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.34014 built by: FX45W81RTMGDR
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
dfshim.dll : 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
SOURCES
Deployment url : http://boxstarter.org/launch/Boxstarter.WebLaunch.Application?noreboot=1&package=https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt&https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt
Server : Microsoft-IIS/8.0
X-Powered-By : ASP.NET
Application url : http://boxstarter.org/launch/Application%20Files/Boxstarter.WebLaunch_2_4_93_0/Boxstarter.WebLaunch.exe.manifest
Server : Microsoft-IIS/8.0
X-Powered-By : ASP.NET
IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : Boxstarter.WebLaunch.application, Version=2.4.93.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b971437cd3e1b01e, processorArchitecture=msil
Application Identity : Boxstarter.WebLaunch.exe, Version=2.4.93.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b971437cd3e1b01e, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32
APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Online only application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://boxstarter.org/launch/Boxstarter.WebLaunch.Application?noreboot=1&package=https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt&https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ File, Create-BoxstarterTask.ps1, has a different computed hash than specified in manifest.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [9/17/2014 11:25:45 AM] : Activation of http://boxstarter.org/launch/Boxstarter.WebLaunch.Application?noreboot=1&package=https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt&https://gist.github.com/mwrock/7382880/raw/f6525387b4b524b8eccef6ed4d5ec219c82c0ac7/gistfile1.txt has started.
* [9/17/2014 11:25:46 AM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [9/17/2014 11:25:46 AM] : Installation of the application has started.
* [9/17/2014 11:25:46 AM] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
* [9/17/2014 11:25:52 AM] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [9/17/2014 11:26:09 AM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (HashValidation)
- File, Create-BoxstarterTask.ps1, has a different computed hash than specified in manifest.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyFileHash(String filePath, Hash hash)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyFileHash(String filePath, HashCollection hashCollection)
at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentVerifier.VerifyComponents()
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/30
Cleanup chocolatey interception handle interception in packages.config and nuspec dependencies
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/26
Lock Desktop after reboot and resuming install
see https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/discussions/547713
UPDATE: Original link gone but available here
Hello,
I have created courses and guides for the nitty gritty internals of UAC. (here is one example: http://csi-windows.com/toolkit/uac-prompt-guide).
I read that Boxstarter disables and reenables UAC simply to suppress the UAC prompt. DIsabling UAC can have several consequence on software installs.
One way to completely side step these issues is to enable the automatic approval of the prompt and then disable it when done.
If you set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, Value "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" to 0 (DWORD) you should see that prompts disappear even though UAC remains intact.
Downloads of the initial boxstarter trusted server app goes very slow, like 5K/s, and often doesn't finish. A (Windows) dialog appears asking me to check my internet connection.
However, internet is fine. Sometimes I cannot reach Boxstarter.org at this moment.
Are these temporary issues? Do you need a mirror for the binary?
I'm not sure if this should be here since the Visual Studio 2013 packages work fine but if I try to install either of these packages using Boxstarter remotely they fail with the same error:
cinst mssql2014express-defaultinstance
cinst MsSqlServerManagementStudio2014Express
Error : Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation (Need to double-check the exact working).
Running the same BoxStarter Script on the machine works fine, I'm wondering what would needed to be done to the packages to make them work remotely I guess I need to look for an option to supress the dialog boxes :-)
Is there a way, or could there be a detection for 'trusted sources', where one can optionally show a line or two of text below your copyright notice in the console output of boxstarter?
When testing the alpha version of the software installation automation page at Windows Remix on random non-technical people, they often mention they feel untrusting about the sudden "hacker screen" with no mention of the original page where they clicked on a button. They would like to see "something" reassuring connecting the two.
What is your thought on this?
Boxstarter Version x
(c) Matt Wrock. http://boxstarter.org
Running for http://...
<custom text here>
Normal boxstarter output here
I have several chocolatey packages that I have made that exceed 100MB. I have packaged these inside a Boxstarter package. When using Install-BoxstarterPackage against remote computers the boxstarter package fails to transfer due to out-of-memory exception.
The solution to this may require a custom configuration profile.
I attempted to create a custom session against a custom profile.
Restore-VMSnapshot -Name $snapshot -VMNAME "BoxstarterTest" -Confirm:$false
$Session = New-PSSession -ComputerName 192.168.1.30 -ConfigurationName DataNoLimits -Credential $credential
try {
Write-Host "Installing on BoxstarterTest"
Install-BoxstarterPackage -Session $Session -PackageName "MyCustomApp" -LocalRepo "C:\Apps\boxstarter\packages" -Credential $credential
} catch {
Remove-PSSession -Session $Session -Confirm:$false
}
However this fails with a System.AccessViolationException
Unhandled Exception: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at System.ComponentModel.Composition.Hosting.CompositionContainer.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
at System.ComponentModel.Composition.Hosting.CompositionContainer.Dispose()
at NuGet.Program.Initialize(IFileSystem fileSystem, IConsole console)
at NuGet.Program.Main(String[] args)
Command 'install' failed (sometimes this indicates a partial failure). Additional info/packages: MyCustomApp
Chocolatey reported an unsuccessful exit code of 1
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
+ PSComputerName : 192.168.1.30
Mapping network drives can be quite cumbersome within a Boxstarter run as the run is done as administrator. Would be good to research how we could get BoxStarter to execute a network drive map as the current user and wrap it in a CmdLet.
Currently, I map my network drives as part of a batch file the subsequently calls the boxstarter web application to kick off my installations:
@powershell -Command "& { $creds = Get-Credential myUsername ; New-PSDrive -Name S -PSProvider FileSystem -Scope global -Root '\\system\share1' -Persist -Credential $creds ; New-PSDrive -Name Z -PSProvider FileSystem -Scope global -Root '\\system\share2' -Persist ; New-PSDrive -Name P -PSProvider FileSystem -Scope global -Root '\\system\share3' -Persist ;}"
start http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?<my gist>
An option when installing with chocolatey for disabling Boxstarter desktop icon would be nice.
I often use Boxstarter at customers computers but on every update of Boxstarter the desktop icon will be created if not exists.
Hello,
I'm trying to deploy a boxstarter package on a computer. However, I found a reported issue, which was closed but not solved, so I basicly copy it's content.
Issue 1: when Boxstarter attempts to copy the Boxstarter modules to the remote computer, it fails to extract boxstarter.zip (the boxstarter.zip file is present in the temp directory along with the empty directory BuildPackages)
Issue 2: It I manually extract the files, Boxstarter will still fail when invoking Install-BoxstarterPackageOnComputer
Scriptoutput:
$cred=Get-Credential "OCC\Administrator"
# also tried my user (rw1 with local Administrator right's)
$computers="OCC-93"
$result = Install-BoxstarterPackage -Force -Verbose -ComputerName $computers -PackageName dev-base -Credential $cred
Console output (Issue 1):
Boxstarter Version 2.4.110
(c) 2014 Matt Wrock. http://boxstarter.org
Boxstarter: Configuring local PowerShell Remoting settings...
Boxstarter: Configuring CredSSP settings...
Boxstarter: Testing remoting access on OCC-93...
Boxstarter: Remoting is accessible on OCC-93
Boxstarter: Copying Boxstarter Modules and LocalRepo packages at C:\Users\rw1\Ap
pData\Roaming\Boxstarter to C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Local\Temp on OCC-93...
Boxstarter: Copying Boxstarter Modules and LocalRepo packages at C:\Users\rw1\Ap
pData\Roaming\Boxstarter to C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Local\Temp on OCC-93...
Boxstarter: Copying Boxstarter Modules and LocalRepo packages at C:\Users\rw1\Ap
pData\Roaming\Boxstarter to C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Local\Temp on OCC-93...
Boxstarter: Copying Boxstarter Modules and LocalRepo packages at C:\Users\rw1\Ap
pData\Roaming\Boxstarter to C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Local\Temp on OCC-93...
Boxstarter: Copying Boxstarter Modules and LocalRepo packages at C:\Users\rw1\Ap
pData\Roaming\Boxstarter to C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Local\Temp on OCC-93...
Write-Error : Ausnahme beim Aufrufen von "ReadAllBytes" mit 1 Argument(en):
"Das angegebene Pfadformat wird nicht unterstützt."
In C:\Users\rw1\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.Chocolatey\Install-Boxsta
rterPackage.ps1:458 Zeichen:9
- Write-Error $_
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorExcep
tion
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorExceptio
n,Write-Error
Errors : {Ausnahme beim Aufrufen von "ReadAllBytes" mit 1 Argument(en):
"Das angegebene Pfadformat wird nicht unterstützt.", Ausnahme
beim Aufrufen von "ReadAllBytes" mit 1 Argument(en): "Das
angegebene Pfadformat wird nicht unterstützt."}
ComputerName : OCC-93
Completed : False
FinishTime : 29.09.2014 09:48:10
StartTime : 29.09.2014 09:48:00
Boxstarter: Rolling back remoting settings changed by Boxstarter...
Any ideas?
While my boxstarter script was running, I got this popup: 
This machine was then obviously busted. This is a critical issue in my opinion. I've updated my boxstarter script with this line:
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\au" -Name "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" -PropertyType "DWord" -Value 1To disable automatic updating. Still need to test if this helps. But this should be automatically done and maybe reset to the original value when boxstarter finishes (unless the user resets it himself. Maybe add a helper for that)
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/50
Set-BoxstarterConfig should also be able to change where log files are stored. We will need to make a log file specific to machine/user as well incase the location is centralized.
Trying to install on Windows 8 64 bit with roaming profiles on a Samba 4 domain server, fails with the messages below. I believe it is because powershell is trying to run scripts from a remote location and the security restrictions didn't allow it.
npm has an issue with a similar problem and a discussion about the differences between appdata/local vs. appdata/roaming.
C:\Windows\system32>cinst boxstarter
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.27) is installing 'boxstarter' and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for 'boxstarter
' and each dependency you are installing.
BoxStarter.Common v2.4.123
Directory: \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 11/03/2014 20:22 Boxstarter
Directory: \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 11/03/2014 20:22 BuildPackages
The Boxstarter.Common Module has been copied to \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter and added to y
our Module path.
You will need to open a new console for the path to be visible.
Use 'Get-Module Boxstarter.* -ListAvailable' to list all Boxstarter Modules.
To list all available Boxstarter Commands, use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.Common
PS:>Get-Command -Module Boxstarter.*
To find more info visit http://Boxstarter.org or use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.Common
PS:>Get-Help Boxstarter
Boxstarter.Common has finished successfully! The chocolatey gods have answered your request!
BoxStarter.WinConfig v2.4.123
The Boxstarter.WinConfig Module has been copied to \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter and added t
o your Module path.
You will need to open a new console for the path to be visible.
Use 'Get-Module Boxstarter.* -ListAvailable' to list all Boxstarter Modules.
To list all available Boxstarter Commands, use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.WinConfig
PS:>Get-Command -Module Boxstarter.*
To find more info visit http://Boxstarter.org or use:
PS:>Import-Module Boxstarter.WinConfig
PS:>Get-Help Boxstarter
Boxstarter.WinConfig has finished successfully! The chocolatey gods have answered your request!
boxstarter.bootstrapper v2.4.123
Write-Error : Boxstarter.Bootstrapper did not finish successfully. Boo to the chocolatey gods!
-----------------------
[ERROR] Could not load file or assembly '.\/boxstarter.bootstrapper.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembl
y name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131047)
-----------------------
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\helpers\functions\Write-ChocolateyFailure.ps1:30 char:3
+ Write-Error $errorMessage
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
Write-Error : Package 'boxstarter.bootstrapper v2.4.123' did not install successfully: Could not load file or assembly
'.\/boxstarter.bootstrapper.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembly name or codebase was invalid. (Excepti
on from HRESULT: 0x80131047)
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\functions\Chocolatey-NuGet.ps1:90 char:17
+ Write-Error "Package `'$installedPackageName v$installedPackageV ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
boxstarter.chocolatey v2.4.123
% : The term 'Get-BoxstarterTempDir' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable prog
ram. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.Bootstrapper\boxstarter.bootstrapper.psm1:2 cha
r:5
+ % { . $_.ProviderPath }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-BoxstarterTempDir:String) [ForEach-Object], CommandNotFoundExceptio
n
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ForEachObjectCommand
Write-Error : Boxstarter.Chocolatey did not finish successfully. Boo to the chocolatey gods!
-----------------------
[ERROR] Could not load file or assembly '.\/boxstarter.chocolatey.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembly
name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131047)
-----------------------
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\helpers\functions\Write-ChocolateyFailure.ps1:30 char:3
+ Write-Error $errorMessage
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
Write-Error : Package 'boxstarter.chocolatey v2.4.123' did not install successfully: Could not load file or assembly '.
\/boxstarter.chocolatey.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembly name or codebase was invalid. (Exception f
rom HRESULT: 0x80131047)
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\functions\Chocolatey-NuGet.ps1:90 char:17
+ Write-Error "Package `'$installedPackageName v$installedPackageV ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
Boxstarter.HyperV v2.4.123
% : The term 'Get-BoxstarterTempDir' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable prog
ram. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At \\<samba server>\Users\ian\AppData\Roaming\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.Bootstrapper\boxstarter.bootstrapper.psm1:2 cha
r:5
+ % { . $_.ProviderPath }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-BoxstarterTempDir:String) [ForEach-Object], CommandNotFoundExceptio
n
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ForEachObjectCommand
d---- 11/03/2014 20:27 Boxstarter.HyperV
Write-Error : Boxstarter.HyperV did not finish successfully. Boo to the chocolatey gods!
-----------------------
[ERROR] Could not load file or assembly '.\/boxstarter.chocolatey.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembly
name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131047)
-----------------------
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\helpers\functions\Write-ChocolateyFailure.ps1:30 char:3
+ Write-Error $errorMessage
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
Write-Error : Package 'Boxstarter.HyperV v2.4.123' did not install successfully: Could not load file or assembly '.\/bo
xstarter.chocolatey.psm1' or one of its dependencies. The given assembly name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from
HRESULT: 0x80131047)
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\functions\Chocolatey-NuGet.ps1:90 char:17
+ Write-Error "Package `'$installedPackageName v$installedPackageV ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
boxstarter v2.4.123
d---- 11/03/2014 20:27 Boxstarter
Boxstarter has finished successfully! The chocolatey gods have answered your request!
To load all Boxstarter Modules immediately, just enter 'BoxstarterShell'.
Interested in Windows Azure VM integration? Run CINST Boxstarter.Azure to install Boxstarter's Azure integration.
Finished installing 'boxstarter' and dependencies - if errors not shown in console, none detected. Check log for errors
if unsure.
C:\Windows\system32>
I got this error
Write-Error : Package 'temp_BoxstarterPackage v1.0.0' did not install successfu
lly: The term 'cwindowsfeatures' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, fun
ction, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if
a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\functions\Chocolatey-NuGet.ps1:9
0 char:17
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
and I think I need to Import-Module in Boxstarter, but did not find how.
I'm not sure if this should work so apologies if it's not designed to work this way.
I followed the instructions and issued the following command on the hostmachine
Set-BoxstarterShare BoxShare
I got a share and I can see inside the share from a remote machine no problem, there is a buildpackages directory in the shared directory but the config on the host doesn't use this one, it's redirected elsewhere.
I have a package in this LocalRepo called MyTestPackage and commands to build this package from the local machine work as expected.
If I try to run
<hostname>\BoxShare\Boxstarter MyTestPackage
From a remote machine it fails when it gets to the chocolately install complaining that it cannot find my package. Is this because the localrepo config isn't being shared with the remote machine ?
Can I tell the remote running install of BoxStarter to look somewhere else for it's local repo ?
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/20
Check if network connection is public when enabling remoting and prompt to change otherwise enabling will fail.
I cannot find a way to pass in parameters to chocolatey such as -NoDefaultExcludes when I run Invoke-BoxstarterBuild from the BoxstarterShell. Is there a recommended way to preconfigure chocolatey or can a new parameter be added to the Invoke-BoxstarterBuild.ps1 to forward parameters?
I have these lines at the beginning of my boxstarter script:
$Boxstarter.RebootOk=$True # Allow reboots?
$Boxstarter.NoPassword=$False # Is this a machine with no login password?
$Boxstarter.AutoLogin=$True # Save my password securely and auto-login after a rebootBut I am only asked for credentials after the machine has already rebooted once. Shouldn't I be asked for those credentials right when I set these settings?
This is only my second time using Boxstarter and I'm not totally familiar with the internals, so apologies if I missed something simple (again :))
When running my script via IE and a Gist I get this error:
Missing file specification after redirection operator.
My script is here: https://gist.github.com/tomfulton/11007948
I tried looking for the ChocolateyInstall.ps1 file for the line mentioned below, but I see that temp_BoxstarterPackage doesn't exist in the path mentioned.
Here's the relevant output from the console, apologies for the formatting. I checked Boxstarter's log and don't see any errors.
Your package has been built. Using Boxstarter.bat or Install-BoxstarterPackage will run this package.
Boxstarter: Created a temporary package temp_BoxstarterPackage from https://gist.github.com/tomfulton/11007948 in C:\Users\txf1\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0
\6EZG84BB.VC2\MOL08423.TC3\boxs..tion_b971437cd3e1b01e_0002.0004_578c60119a936ded\BuildPackages
Boxstarter starting Calling Chocolatey to install temp_BoxstarterPackage. This may take several minutes to complete...
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.28) is installing 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and
each dependency you are installing.
temp_BoxstarterPackage v1.0.0
Write-Error : Package 'temp_BoxstarterPackage v1.0.0' did not install successfully: At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:59 char:170
... =off value="" >
~
Missing file specification after redirection operator.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:96 char:44
<span class="datetime">Last active <time datetime="2014-11-13T02:15:05Z" ...
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:118 char:56
<span class="octicon octicon-code"></span> <span class="full-word">C ...
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:120 char:13
</a> </li>
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:124 char:64
<span class="octicon octicon-git-commit"></span> <span class="full ...
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:127 char:15
</a> </li>
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:131 char:58
<span class="octicon octicon-star"></span> <span class="full-word" ...
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:134 char:15
</a> </li>
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:178 char:10
or <a href="#" class="js-clone-selector" data-skip-pjax data-protocol="ssh ...
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\temp_BoxstarterPackage.1.0.0\tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1:185 char:7
</a> </div><!-- /.only-with-full-nav -->
~
The '<' operator is reserved for future use.
Not all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again.
At C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\chocolateyinstall\functions\Chocolatey-NuGet.ps1:90 char:17
Write-Error "Package `'$installedPackageName v$installedPackageV ...
~
CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
Finished installing 'temp_BoxstarterPackage' and dependencies - if errors not shown in console, none detected. Check log for errors if unsure.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/45
This may likely be on chocolatey's end but reporting here until I can verify.
installing this gist reproduces:
https://gist.github.com/cnwilkin/8670024/raw/3af21bb7979679f19055b68744428509555fbc3e/boxstarter
On the very bottom of https://github.com/mwrock/boxstarter is:
"NOTE: Powerhell Remoting must be enabled on the remote machine. Launch a Powershell Console as administrator:"
lol Power Hell haha :)
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/81
If a new VM has been configured with two (or more) VHDs, when Boxtarter is run against teh VM for teh first time, it fails. This happens if Boxstarter needs to mount the VM to enable remoting.
At Line 174 of Enable-BoxstarterVM, it calls Get-VMHarddiskDrive. This will return an array of objects, one for each VHD, and assign it to $vhd. At line 175, $vhd is passed to Enable-BoxstarterVHD as the -path parameter. However, that parameter is typed as [string]. The cmdlet fails with the error message "...Cannot convert value to type System.String..."
Two screen shots attached illustrating this.
Suggest that the fix be
Thanks for a great package!
From https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/87/edit
Here's a simple Boxstarter script I'm using to test autologin. I save this to my desktop as test.ps1.
if ( Get-UAC )
{
Disable-UAC
Invoke-Reboot
}
And here's the code I'm using to run the boxstarter script
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
iex ( ( new-object net.webclient ).DownloadString( 'https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1' ) )
cinst Boxstarter
boxstartershell
$creds = Get-Credential
Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName "c:\users\YOUR_USER\desktop\test.ps1" -Credential $creds
I'm running this from a clean 64-bit Win 7 SP1 machine with all windows updates already applied.
When I run this using 64-bit Powershell there are no issues. The machine reboots, the auto-login occurs, and boxstarter finishes.
However, when I run this using 32-bit Powershell ("Windows Powershell (x86)"), the machine reboots and then sits at the login screen. I've double-checked that I'm supplying the correct username/password to Get-Credential.
Greets - brand new to the project as well as Hyper-V in general so I'll be the one making all the noob mistakes public. To wit:
Based on @mwrock's jumpstarter at https://matt-wrock.squarespace.com/?offset=1388363760000
New-VM -Name "myVM" -MemoryStartupBytes 1GB -NewVHDPath "v:\Virtual Hard Disks\w81.vhdx" -NewVHDSizeBytes 60GB
Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName myVM -Path "v:\en_windows_8.1_professional_n_vl_with_update_x64_dvd_4065208.iso"
Start-VM "myVM"
That gives me a functioning windows install. Next I'm wanting to add Chocolatey and BoxStarter. Again from jumpstarter code:
$cred=Get-Credential BareOS\Steve
Enable-BoxstarterVM -VMName myVM -Credential $cred
gets me output:
Boxstarter: Configuring local PowerShell Remoting settings...
Boxstarter: Testing remoting access on BareOS...
Boxstarter: Testing WSMAN...
Boxstarter: Testing WMI...
Boxstarter: Stopping myVM
Boxstarter: VHD Dismounted
The VHD does not contain system volume
At C:\[foo]\Boxstarter\Boxstarter.HyperV\Enable-BoxstarterVHD.ps1:78 char:17
+ throw New-Object -TypeName InvalidOperationException -ArgumentLi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : The VHD does not contain system volume
Perhaps my problem is more Hyper-V related than Boxstarter but since I'm using script that is (implicitly) presented as 'the Boxstarter Way' I'm hoping to invoke to Chocolatey Gods' Goodness.
Hi,
I've been promising myself to try out Boxstarter for a while now and it's every bit as good as I imagined.
I seem to get an issue with my script though if I include the following
if (Test-PendingReboot) { Invoke-Reboot }
When it hit's this line it fails with the following:
The worrying this that is doesn't seem to do this consistently though; for instance this section seemed to work:
cinst mssql2014express-defaultinstance
cinst MsSqlServerManagementStudio2014Express
if (Test-PendingReboot) { Invoke-Reboot }
But the following section:
cinst VisualStudio2013Ultimate -InstallArguments "/Features:'Blend OfficeDeveloperTools SQL WebTools Win8SDK'"
if (Test-PendingReboot) { Invoke-Reboot }
Fails, this also fails
As an aside I've also had to add a fair few additional steps to my unattend.xml to get WinRM to work which I would be happy to write up but since I was new I thought this might be due to my lack of understanding.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/80
Feature Request: The documentation clearly states that when calling "Install-BoxstarterPackage" and a comma separated list of packages is passed in, it will only install the packages not already present. The documentation also says that when a single package is installed the "-force" flag can be passed to force it's re-installation. I would like to be able to use "-force" on an array of packages.
It would be great if the "-force" flag worked for an array of packages in the re-install logic. Perhaps a different flag should be used since "-force" is also used to suppress prompts.
"If an array of package names are passed to Install-BoxstarterPackage,
Boxstarter will NOT apply the above reinstall logic and will skip the
install for any package that had been previously installed."
Thanks, and keep up the good work.
I was hoping that boxstarter would process the packages I handed it in the order I put them in the array - but it does not seem to be using the order passsed, reverse order or alpha sorted order. I am creating an array and passing it on the command line if that makes any difference to the outcome.
I googled the daylights out of it and couldn't find an answer - so Is there a way to control the order of a list of packages I give it?
If the order cannot be guaranteed, would it be possible to sort the array so that I could at least control order by file naming?
I am also considering manually concatenating the individual box starter scripts and call it as one new script - but it seems like I shouldn't have to do that to support stipulated package ordering.
D.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/23
Get rid of UAC disabling and restart file replaced by scheduled tasks
UPDATE: Archived version of link
Please see this bug: #45
Notice that in one case Boxstarter displays a nice summary message in the console after a package has completed but in another case it does not.
Migrated from https://boxstarter.codeplex.com/workitem/73
I have my system bootstrap package located in a custom NuGet repo and am running the following command's from my workstation PC against the server I am trying to BootStrap
#################
# Workstation PC
#################
# Set NuGet Repo
Set-BoxStarterConfig -NugetSources "http://www.myget.org/F/MyNugetFeed/api/v2;http://chocolatey.org/api/v2;http://10.4.48.112:8080/nuget/MyRepo"
# Start Remote Install
Install-BoxstarterPackage -ComputerName 10.136.175.171 -Credential $cred -PackageName MyPackageInMyCustomRepo -Verbose
The console then logs the following (I am only showing the important parts)
VERBOSE: [MyServer]Boxstarter: Installing 1 packages from
C:\Users\AdminAccount\AppData\Local\Temp\Boxstarter\BuildPackages;http://chocolatey.org/api/v2;http://www.myget.org/F/boxstarter/api/v2
.
.
.
Chocolatey (v0.9.8.23) is installing 'MyPackageInMyCustomRepo' and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for
'MyPackageInMyCustomRepo ' and each dependency you are installing.
Unable to find package 'MyPackageInMyCustomRepo'.
Command 'install' failed (sometimes this indicates a partial failure). Additional info/packages: MyPackageInMyCustomRepo
VERBOSE: [MyServer]Boxstarter: Exit Code: 1
Chocolatey reported an unsuccessful exit code of 1
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Write-Error
+ PSComputerName : 10.136.175.171
When BoxStarter is doing this remote installation, it creates the temporary directory C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Temp\boxstarter on the destination PC. Inside this folder is boxstarter.config. It is using this file to know where its NuGet soruces are. This is where the problem lies.
I tried putting boxstarter.config on the destination server there first with my custom NuGet repo, but when you run the Install-BoxstarterPackage against the remote server, this file is replaced.
I have also tried pre-installing BoxStarter on the destination server and running Set-BoxStarterConfig but when you run Install-BoxstarterPackage it will only look at the configuration from the C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Temp\boxstarter folder.
I am not sure if this is by design or not, but if an additional parameter could be added to the Install-BoxstarterPackage function, for example -UseLocalBoxstarterConfig, this would resolve it. I guess the way to implement is, after sending the remote computer the Boxstarter.zip package and extracting it, also sends the workstations boxstarter.config file to the remote machine, so when the remote machine attempts to search for the package, it uses the same sources as the workstation machine.
Hi!
I'm just giving boxstarter a go for the first time and ran into an issue during setup. Right after windows finished installing I went to boxstarter.org and downloaded v2.4.123.
I ran setup.bat, and it failed to install boxstarter.chocolatey with the following message:
Write-Error : Package 'boxstarter.chocolatey v2.4.123' did not install successfully: An object at the specified path C:
\Users\ANDRS~1 does not exist.
My microsoft account created the following user folder c:\Users\Andrés\
Hope this helps!
ps: I attached an output view of the whole error after retrying the install straight from chocolatey
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