Update-Knife-Bootstrap-Templeate.ps1

<#

PowerShell Script that updates the knife-windows bootstrap template so it installs chef as a service.

#>


$basePath = "C:\opscode\chefdk\embedded\lib\ruby\gems"
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Path $basePath

$knifeWindows = Get-ChildItem -Path "$basepath\$folders\gems"

foreach ($folder in $knifeWindows) {
    if ($folder.Name -Like "knife-windows*") {
        $knifeWindowsVer = $folder.Name
    }
}

$fullBootstrapPath = "$basepath\$folders\gems\$knifeWindowsVer\lib\chef\knife\bootstrap"

$templateFile = Get-ChildItem -Path $fullBootstrapPath

if ($templateFile -is [System.IO.FileSystemInfo]) {
    Write-Host "Copying the original bootstrap file to windows-chef-client-msi-original.erb"
    copy-item "$fullBootstrapPath\$templateFile" -Destination "$fullBootstrapPath\windows-chef-client-msi-original.erb"
    Write-Host "Replacing the default install parameter with install parameters for adding the service"
    (Get-Content "$fullBootstrapPath\$templateFile").Replace('<%= install_chef %>',"`n@ECHO Installing Chef...`n@msiexec /qn /i `"%LOCAL_DESTINATION_MSI_PATH%`" ADDLOCAL=`"ChefClientFeature,ChefServiceFeature`"`n@ECHO Installation complete`n@endlocal`n`n") | Set-Content "$fullBootstrapPath\$templateFile"

} else {
    if (-not (Test-Path "$fullBootstrapPath\windows-chef-client-msi-original.erb")) {
        copy-item "$fullBootstrapPath\$templateFile" -Destination "$fullBootstrapPath\windows-chef-client-msi-original.erb"
    } else {
        write-host "You may have alread edited the windows-chef-client-msi-original.erb"
        Write-Host "Doing nothing, check the folder $fullBootstrapPath"
        Write-Host "it should contain one file windows-chef-client-msi.erb"

    }
}

Chef Windows

Powershell script that updates the windows bootstrap template to install chef-client as a service