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Downloads:

283,541

Downloads of v 2.0.3:

948

Last Update:

16 Apr 2013

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Pester Team

Tags:

powershell unit testing bdd tdd mocking

Pester

This is not the latest version of Pester available.

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2.0.3 | Updated: 16 Apr 2013

Downloads:

283,541

Downloads of v 2.0.3:

948

Software Author(s):

  • Pester Team

Pester 2.0.3

This is not the latest version of Pester available.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Some Checks Have Failed or Are Not Yet Complete

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Unknown


Verification Testing Unknown


Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Pester, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Pester, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Pester, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

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://community.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

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade pester -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.0.3'" [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 pester -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'2.0.3'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install pester
  win_chocolatey:
    name: pester
    version: '2.0.3'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'pester' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2.0.3'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller pester
{
    Name     = "pester"
    Version  = "2.0.3"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'pester':
  ensure   => '2.0.3',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 20 Jan 2015.

Description

Pester provides a framework for running BDD style Tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands inside of PowerShell and offers a powerful set of Mocking Functions that allow tests to mimic and mock the functionality of any command inside of a piece of powershell code being tested. Pester tests can execute any command or script that is accesible to a pester test file. This can include functions, Cmdlets, Modules and scripts. Pester can be run in ad hoc style in a console or it can be integrated into the Build scripts of a Continuous Integration system.


Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Pester 5.4.1 5053 Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Approved
Pester 5.4.0 5058 Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Approved
Pester 5.3.3 21289 Friday, April 29, 2022 Approved
Pester 5.3.2 886 Friday, April 22, 2022 Approved
Pester 5.3.1 12805 Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.3.0 3733 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.2.2 9250 Thursday, May 27, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.2.1 1334 Thursday, May 13, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.2.0 956 Thursday, May 6, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.1.1 5909 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.1.0 123 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.0.4 2473 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Approved
Pester 5.0.4-beta1 273 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Exempted
Pester 4.10.2-beta1 70 Saturday, May 29, 2021 Approved
Pester 4.10.1 21333 Friday, February 7, 2020 Approved
Pester 4.9.0 10291 Sunday, September 8, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.8.1 8422 Saturday, May 11, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.8.0 1089 Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.7.3 3481 Saturday, March 23, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.7.2 1366 Friday, March 8, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.7.1 612 Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.7.0 596 Sunday, March 3, 2019 Approved
Pester 4.4.1 9000 Thursday, September 20, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.4.0 5021 Friday, July 20, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.4.0-beta2 305 Sunday, July 8, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.4.0-beta 409 Sunday, May 6, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.3.1 7575 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.3.0 404 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.2.0 495 Sunday, February 18, 2018 Approved
Pester 4.2.0-alpha3 392 Sunday, December 17, 2017 Exempted
Pester 4.2.0-alpha2 391 Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Exempted
Pester 4.1.0 6051 Sunday, November 26, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.6-rc 569 Thursday, August 17, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.5-rc 457 Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.3-rc 494 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.2-rc 522 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.1-rc 387 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Approved
Pester 4.0.0-rc1 457 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Approved
Pester 3.4.6 28652 Friday, January 13, 2017 Approved
Pester 3.4.3 15477 Friday, August 26, 2016 Approved
Pester 3.4.2 1314 Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Approved
Pester 3.4.1 8917 Friday, July 22, 2016 Approved
Pester 3.4.0 5899 Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Approved
Pester 3.3.14 5488 Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.13 9947 Thursday, December 10, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.12 599 Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.11 7032 Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.10 2333 Friday, August 14, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.9 6662 Sunday, May 24, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.8 5010 Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.7 455 Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.6 1873 Thursday, March 19, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.5 2783 Friday, January 23, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.4 486 Thursday, January 22, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.3 435 Thursday, January 22, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.2 462 Monday, January 19, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.1 485 Monday, January 12, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.3.0 413 Saturday, January 10, 2015 Approved
Pester 3.2.0 641 Saturday, December 13, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.1.1 620 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.3 438 Monday, October 13, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.2 630 Monday, September 8, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.1.1 515 Thursday, August 28, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.0 441 Thursday, August 21, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.0-beta2 521 Friday, July 4, 2014 Approved
Pester 3.0.0-beta 522 Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Approved
Pester 2.1.0 570 Sunday, June 15, 2014 Approved
Pester 2.0.4 636 Sunday, March 9, 2014 Approved
Pester 2.0.3 948 Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Approved
Pester 2.0.2 5756 Thursday, February 28, 2013 Approved
Pester 2.0.1 541 Sunday, February 3, 2013 Approved
Pester 1.2.1 526 Sunday, February 3, 2013 Approved
Pester 1.1.0 573 Sunday, November 4, 2012 Approved
Pester 1.0.7-alpha-0 529 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Approved
Pester 1.0.6 533 Sunday, August 12, 2012 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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