Using Chocolatey to install a software

After learning Chocolatey and its limits, we will continue with using Chocolatey with Puppet. Using both of them together will be a great plus for us and all the installation process will be much easier. When we manage installations with Chocolatey in Puppet, we will not need to find the installation package, its version, and how to run it silently. The installation will be completed with a very little effort.

To use Chocolatey with Puppet, there is a module from Puppet Forge that we need to install. Go to Puppet Forge website and search for Chocolatey. You can see the module in the following screenshot. We will install the chocolatey/chocolatey module:

To install the module, go to Puppet Master, open a terminal window, and run the following command:

# sudo puppet module install chocolatey-chocolatey

The following screenshot shows a successful installation:

Now, it is time to install a software using Chocolatey. For this purpose, we need to write a module...