If you'd like to install a different version set the 'version' attribute to: '2010', '2012', '2013', '2015'. If you'd like to install another edition set the 'edition' attribute to: 'community', 'professional', 'premium', or 'testprofessional'. The same source attribute is used for all editions, versions, and updates.īy default this cookbook assumes you're installing VisualStudio 2012 Ultimate. Then add 'visualstudio::default' to your runlist. Set the node attribute to the download location of the VisualStudio ISO, for example. The name of the VS 2010 unattend.ini template to use. Sets the system wide environment variable to enable MSBuild/VisualStudio package restore on buildĪn array of hashes that contain the various versions and editions of VS to install. The VisualStudio version to install, i.e. community, professional, premium, ultimate, testprofessional The VisualStudio edition to install, i.e. Http(s) root url to where all the ISOs are stored for VisualStudio installation

If you really want to install VS 2015 on Windows Server 2012R2 over naked WinRM, you can if you first install KB2999226, otherwise the VS installer will fail with error 1603. You can install SQL CE 4 via Chef using the sqlce cookbook. To avoid this it is recommended that you first install SQL CE 4.

See Save yourself from insanity: Visual Studio 2012 silent install for more details. VS 2012 on Windows Server 2008 SP1 and Windows 7įor Windows7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 you must first install KB2664825, otherwise the VS installer will reboot in the middle of the installation. Supported Visual Studio Editions/Versions This cookbook will work via Vagrant because Vagrant wraps Windows provisioners in a scheduled task. knife-winrm or test-kitchen without failing with error 1603. NOTE - This cookbook cannot be installed over naked WinRM, i.e. To ensure this happens this cookbook includes the seven_zip default recipe.

This cookbook requires 7-zip to be installed so it can extract the ISO. NET installation and before the VisualStudio installation. NET you can use the dotnetframework cookbook. NET framework has already been installed before running the VisualStudio cookbook. This cookbook assumes the appropriate version of the. This Chef cookbook installs Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 from an ISO.

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