Install Chocolatey

These steps are to install Chocolatey (choco.exe) itself. You use the chocolatey module to ensure Chocolatey is installed.

1. Create a new manifest in the chocolatey module called chocolatey.pp with the following contents:

   include chocolatey

2. Validate the manifest by running: puppet parser validate c:\<FILE PATH>\chocolatey.pp in the command prompt. If the parser returns nothing, it means validation passed.
3. Apply the manifest by running: puppet apply c:\<FILE PATH>\chocolatey.pp

   Make sure the output is similar to the following:

   Notice: Compiled catalog for win2012r2x64 in environment production in 0.58 seconds
   Notice: /Stage[main]/Chocolatey::Install/Windows_env[chocolatey_PATH_env]/ensure
   : created
   Notice: /Stage[main]/Chocolatey::Install/Windows_env[chocolatey_ChocolateyInstal
   l_env]/ensure: created
   Notice: /Stage[main]/Chocolatey::Install/Exec[install_chocolatey_official]/retur
   ns: executed successfully
   Notice: /Stage[main]/Chocolatey::Install/Exec[install_chocolatey_official]: Trig
   gered 'refresh' from 2 events
   Notice: Finished catalog run in 13.22 seconds

   In a production scenario, you’ll likely have a Chocolatey.nupkg file located somewhere internally. In these cases, you can use the internal nupkg to install Chocolatey, such as:

   class {'chocolatey':
     chocolatey_download_url => 'https://internalurl/to/chocolatey.nupkg',
     use_7zip                => false,
     log_output              => true,
   }