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Downloads:
1,635
Downloads of v 0.0.1.1:
1,406
Last Update:
09 May 2018
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
Tags:
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(unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task)
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Downloads:
1,635
Downloads of v 0.0.1.1:
1,406
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
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To install (unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade (unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall (unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download choco-optimize-at --internalize --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade choco-optimize-at -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade choco-optimize-at -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure choco-optimize-at installed
win_chocolatey:
name: choco-optimize-at
state: present
version: 0.0.1.1
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
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chocolatey_package 'choco-optimize-at' do
action :install
version '0.0.1.1'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: choco-optimize-at,
Version: 0.0.1.1,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller choco-optimize-at
{
Name = 'choco-optimize-at'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '0.0.1.1'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'choco-optimize-at':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '0.0.1.1',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install choco-optimize-at version="0.0.1.1" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 11 May 2018.
choco-optimize-at periodically reduces the size of downloaded Chocolatey .nupkg package files thus saving HDD space. This package creates a Windows Scheduled Task to run "choco optimize" at a time you specify.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
choco-optimize-at is designed for Chocolatey Pro and Chocolatey Business licensed users who want to automate optimization of storage space used by their Chocolatey .nupkg files.
INSTRUCTIONS:
You can install choco-optimize-at with multiple parameters to make it run "choco optimize" daily or weekly at your preferred time. If you enter no parameters at all, choco-optimize-at will default to run "choco optimize" at 5 AM every SUNDAY. When entering the TIME parameter, use "Military Time." When entering the DAILY or WEEKLY parameter you can actually use anything, "yes" just makes sense though. When using the WEEKLY parameter, DAYS are entered as MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, or SUN. Not entering the correct format will fail the install. Please see the examples below.
INSTALL EXAMPLES:
- choco install choco-optimize-at - optimizes packages on SUNDAYS at 5 AM. (My preference!)
- choco install choco-optimize-at --params "'/TIME:23:00'" - optimizes packages on SUNDAYS at 11 PM
- choco install choco-optimize-at --params "'/DAILY:yes /TIME:06:00'" - optimizes packages daily at 6 AM
- choco install choco-optimize-at --params "'/WEEKLY:yes /DAY:SAT /TIME:01:00'" - optimizes packages on SATURDAYS at 1 AM
A NOTE ON DEFAULTS:
- If you don't specify any parameters, choco-optimize-at defaults to running every Sunday at 5 AM. (My preference!) This default time was chosen to be compatible with with default run times used by choco-upgrade-all-at and choco-persistent-packages.
- Not specifying a time will always default to 5 AM.
- When WEEKLY is specified but a DAY isn't, default first run will be a week from installation date; i.e. next week on whatever day of the week you installed the package.
$packageName = 'choco-optimize-at'
$pp = Get-PackageParameters
$CheckLicense = "$env:ChocolateyInstall\license\chocolatey.license.xml"
if (Test-Path $CheckLicense){
Write-Host Chocolatey license file found. Thanks for supporting Chocolatey! -foreground green
} else {
Write-Host Chocolatey license file NOT found. You need to be a Chocolatey Pro or Business customer to use this package. See https://chocolatey.org/pricing for more information. -foreground red
throw
}
$GotTask = (&schtasks /query /tn choco-optimize-at) 2> $null
if ($GotTask -ne $null){
Write-Host "Existing choco-optimize-at scheduled task found. Keeping existing scheduled task." -foreground magenta -background blue
Write-Host "If you want to change the task runtime, uninstall and reinstall the package. " -foreground magenta -background blue
exit
}
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "choco-optimize-at Summary:" -foreground magenta
if ($pp["TIME"] -eq $null -or $pp["TIME"] -eq ''){
Write-Host " * TIME NOT specified, defaulting to 5 AM." -foreground magenta
$RunTime = "05:00"
} else {
$RunTime = $pp["TIME"]
Write-Host " * TIME specified as $TIME." -foreground magenta
}
if (($pp["DAILY"] -eq $null -or $pp["DAILY"] -eq '') -and ($pp["WEEKLY"] -eq $null -or $pp["WEEKLY"] -eq '')){
Write-Host " * DAILY NOT specified." -foreground magenta
Write-Host " * WEEKLY NOT specified." -foreground magenta
Write-Host " * Defaulting to WEEKLY running of ""choco-optimize-at"" at $RunTime on Sundays." -foreground magenta -background blue
SchTasks /CREATE /SC WEEKLY /D SUN /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TN choco-optimize-at /TR "choco optimize" /ST $RunTime /F
SchTasks /query /tn choco-optimize-at
exit
}
if ($pp["DAILY"] -eq $null -or $pp["DAILY"] -eq ''){
Write-Host " * DAILY NOT specified." -foreground magenta
} else {
Write-Host " * DAILY specified." -foreground magenta
SchTasks /CREATE /SC DAILY /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TN choco-optimize-at /TR "choco optimize" /ST $RunTime /F
SchTasks /query /tn choco-optimize-at
exit
}
if ($pp["WEEKLY"] -eq $null -or $pp["WEEKLY"] -eq ''){
Write-Host " * WEEKLY NOT specified." -foreground magenta
} else {
Write-Host " * WEEKLY specified." -foreground magenta
if ($pp["DAY"] -eq $null -or $pp["DAY"] -eq ''){
Write-Host " * DAY NOT specified, defaulting to SUNDAY." -foreground magenta
SchTasks /CREATE /SC WEEKLY /D SUN /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TN choco-optimize-at /TR "choco optimize" /ST $RunTime /F
SchTasks /query /tn choco-optimize-at
} else {
$RunDay = $pp["DAY"]
Write-Host " * DAY specified as $RunDay." -foreground magenta
SchTasks /CREATE /SC WEEKLY /D $pp["DAY"] /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TN choco-optimize-at /TR "choco optimize" /ST $RunTime /F
SchTasks /query /tn "choco-optimize-at"
}
}
$packageName = 'choco-optimize-at'
SchTasks /Delete /TN choco-optimize-at /F
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Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
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(unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task) 0.0.1.1 | 1406 | Wednesday, May 9, 2018 | Approved |
(unofficial) Choco Optimize at (Task) 0.0.1 | 229 | Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | Approved |
public domain
0.0.1.1 - removed unintentional forgotten code that caused WEEKLY with no other parameters to error out.
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- chocolatey-core.extension (≥ 1.1.0)
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