Learning Puppet for Windows Server

Using Puppet and Chocolatey to update mostly used software

We learned how to use Chocolatey to install and update a software. Now, the next step is to remove some of the burden from our shoulders. I know that there are always problems with some of the updates for certain softwares. There are always new versions and new workload to fulfill.

Here is a list of softwares that we mostly need and are frequently updated. You can, of course, create your own list:

• The Java Runtime environment
• Adobe Reader
• The Flash Player plugin
• The Flash Player plugin activex
• Firefox
• Chrome
• iTunes
• 7-Zip

After creating the list of softwares, our next step is to check https://chocolatey.org/ and find their package names:

• The Java Runtime environment: javaruntime
• Adobe Reader: adobereader ...