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[edit] Initial WPKG Client deployment

WPKG Client is available as a MSI package.

It can be installed silently from command line or in a script like below: 

msiexec /norestart /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\WPKG Client 1.2.1.msi" ALLUSERS=1 SETTINGSFILE="%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\settings.xml"


If you have wpkg.js already configured, simply add the XML file below (see "WPKG Client upgrade") to your packages/profiles and run: 

cscript \\path\to\wpkg.js /synchronize /quiet


[edit] WPKG Client upgrade

You need Windows Installer 3.1 installed to upgrade WPKG if the service is running (or any other Windows MSI package, where the software runs during the upgrade). 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
<packages>
 
<package
   id="wpkg_client"
   name="WPKG Client 1.2.1"
   revision="6"
   reboot="false"
   priority="10">
 
   <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="WPKG" />
   <check type="file" condition="versionequalto" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\wpkg\wpkginst.exe" value="1.0.0.8" />
 
   <install cmd='msiexec /norestart /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\WPKG Client 1.2.1.msi" ALLUSERS=1 SETTINGSFILE="%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\settings.xml"' />
 
   <upgrade cmd='msiexec /norestart /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\WPKG Client 1.2.1.msi" ALLUSERS=1 SETTINGSFILE="%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\settings.xml"' />
 
 
</package>
 
</packages>
 
        <!-- uncomment whichever is appropriate below, depending on your client version -->
<!-- <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x{49676893-9829-4674-953D-1107C6B2C127}' />
 --> <!-- 1.0rc2 -->
<!-- <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x{2F7AB97F-17EC-4128-9BD1-903FC71F1B52}' />
 --> <!-- 1.2rc6 -->
<!-- <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x{D6D68FEC-0044-4E2A-9333-6C4BC1D5B1DE}' />
 -->  <!-- 1.2rc5 -->
</package>

[edit] Changing WPKG Client settings

Note - don't use quotations (") after --SETTINGSFILE - it will be interpreted directly, as part of the name.

--SETTINGSFILE=\\server\some\path to settings\file.xml is fine and will be interpreted correctly. 

<package
        id="wpkg-settings"
        name="WPKG Settings"
        revision="5"
        priority="5"
        reboot="false"
        execute="once">
        <depends package-id="wpkg"/>
 
        <install cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\WPKG\wpkginst.exe" --SETTINGSFILE=%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\settings.xml' />
        <upgrade cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\WPKG\wpkginst.exe" --SETTINGSFILE=%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\settings.xml' />
        <remove cmd='echo "nothing"' />
</package>

[edit] Other

I use this setup from now to install all the stuff with a single command; I've simply build up a batch file that defines the same environment variable defined in settings.xml and start directly wpkg.js, as: 

:: Startup script for wpkg, for the first installation
::
 
:: These are not (still) defined elsewhere, define it.
::
set WPKGROOT=\\FILE\wpkg
set SOFTWARE=\\MEDIA\Software
set VPSERVER=MORPHEUS
 
:: Call directly wpkg.js, note the %* at the end, that permit to add custom parameters...
::
cscript %WPKGROOT%\wpkg.js /synchronize %*


Copy wpkg.xml entry from workstation to the server: 

<package id="wpkglog" name="wpkg.xml files from workstations" revision="1" priority="0" execute="always">
        <install timeout="15" cmd='cmd /C copy /Y "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\wpkg.xml" "\\serwer\hostlogs\%COMPUTERNAME%-wpkg.xml"' />
</package>
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