Error when installing a WIndows application from salt master

icinga2saltstackwindows-server-2012-r2

I am trying to install Icinga via salt on a Windows server 2012 R2.

I have created an icinga.sls file and stored it in /srv/salt/win/repo-ng.

File contents:

icinga:
  '2.4.7':
    full_name: 'Icinga2-v2.4.7'
    installer: 'salt://win/repo-ng/Icinga2-v2.4.7-x86.msi'
    uninstaller: 'http://packages.icinga.org/windows/Icinga2-v2.4.7-x86.msi
    install_flags: '/qn /norestart'
    uninstall_flags: '/qn /norestart'
    msiexec: True
    locale: en_US
    reboot: False

I have also copied the Icinga2-v2.4.7-x86.msi file to /srv/salt/win/repo-ng.

I run salt minion_name pkg.refresh_db

I see Icinga2-v2.4.7-x86.msi in C:\salt\var\cache\salt\minion\files\base\win\repo-ng on the server 2012 PC.

when I run salt minion_name pkg.install icinga I get the following returned and when I check my server 2012 PC icinga is not installed:

_comment:

        Software not found in the registry.
        Could be a problem with the Software
        definition file. Verify the full_name
        and the version match the registry exactly.
        Failed after 10 tries.

Can someone advise what I am doing wrong?

I have tested installing 7-zip from the included repository and that works fine.

Another interesting thing is I have another 2012 server where I had manually installed the icinga application previously – I uninstalled it and tried installing it with salt and it did install but also gave the same error but install worked correctly.

I have also tried using the 64 bit version of Icinga (Icinga2-v2.4.7-x86_64.msi) and adjusting the icinga.sls file accordingly and get the same error.

Salt is an awesome system but I need to use it to install icinga on over 100 PCs so need an automated system – if I can install it another way using powershell or the like I am fine with that too but I want to install using salt.

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Best Answer

Additionally to Rob's answer, in order to distinguish 32-bit - 64-bit installations, here is my /srv/salt/file/base/win/repo-ng/Icinga2/init.sls example file: 

Icinga2:
  {% for version in ['2.8.0','2.11.2','2.11.3'] %}
  '{{version}}':
    full_name: 'Icinga 2'
    {% if grains.get('cpuarch') == 'AMD64' %}
    installer: 'salt:///win/repo-ng/Icinga2/Icinga2-v{{version}}-x86_64.msi'
    uninstaller: 'salt:///win/repo-ng/Icinga2/Icinga2-v{{version}}-x86_64.msi'
    {% else %}
    installer: 'salt:///win/repo-ng/Icinga2/Icinga2-v{{version}}-x86.msi'
    uninstaller: 'salt:///win/repo-ng/Icinga2/Icinga2-v{{version}}-x86.msi'
    {% endif %}
    msiexec: True
    locale: en_US
    reboot: False
    install_flags: '/qn /norestart'
    uninstall_flags: '/qn /norestart'
    allusers: True
  {% endfor %}

/srv/salt/file/base/win/repo-ng/Icinga2 files:

Icinga2-v2.11.2-x86_64.msi
Icinga2-v2.11.2-x86.msi
Icinga2-v2.11.3-x86_64.msi
Icinga2-v2.11.3-x86.msi
Icinga2-v2.8.0-x86_64.msi
Icinga2-v2.8.0-x86.msi
init.sls

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