puppet-windows_autoupdate
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Module Description - What is the windows_autoupdate module?
- Setup - The basics of getting started with windows_autoupdate
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
- Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
- 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
windows_autoupdate
Class: 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.