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Windows Automatic Updates module for Puppet

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What is the windows_autoupdate module?
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with windows_autoupdate
   • What windows_autoupdate affects
   • Beginning with windows_autoupdate
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

Puppet module for managing Microsoft Windows Automatic Updates.

Module Description

This module configures all the relevant windows registry keys used to manage windows automatic update settings on your windows machine.

Setup

What autoupdates affects

• Configures registry keys/values

Beginning with autoupdate

Manage autoupdates with default settings:

   include windows_autoupdate

Disable auto updates:

   class { 'windows_autoupdate': noAutoUpdate => '1' }

Usage

Classes and Defined Types

Class: windows_autoupdate

The autoupdate module primary classes, windows_autoupdate, configures all the registry settings required to manage auto updates.

Parameters within windows_autoupdates:

no_auto_update

• 0 - Enable Automatic Updates (Default)
• 1 - Disable Automatic Updates

au_options

• 2 - Notify for download and notify for install
• 3 - Auto download and notify for install
• 4 - Auto download and schedule the install

scheduled_install_day

• 0 - Install every day
• 1 to 7 - Install on specific day of the week from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).

scheduled_install_time

• 0 to 23 - Install time of day in 24-hour format

use_wuserver

• 1 to use custom update server

reschedule_wait_time

• The number of minutes to wait after service start time before performing the installation.

no_auto_reboot_with_logged_on_users

• 1 to prevent automatic reboot while users are logged on.

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

• windows_autoupdates: Guides the basic management of windows auto update settings.

Limitations

This module is tested on the following platforms:

• Windows 2008 R2

It is tested with the OSS version of Puppet only.

Development

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for full details on contributing to this project.