Installs and configures WinRM on a Windows System
- Windows 7 Enterprise
- Windows 2008
- Windows 2008 R2
Notes: This cookbook has been tested on the listed platforms. It may work on other platforms with or without modification.
- Chef 11+
- Windows
- Powershell
node['winrm']['thumbprint']
- The SSL thumbprint WinRM uses for incomming connections, will be generated if not found (only used when SSL is enabled)node['winrm']['https']
- Enable SSL for WinRM, default 'true'node['winrm']['http']
- Enable HTTP for WinRM, defautl 'true'node['winrm']['BasicAuth']
- Support basic authentication, default 'true'node['winrm']['MaxMemoryPerShellMB']
- Max memory per WinRM shell allowed in MB, default '1024'node['winrm']['AllowUnencrypted']
- Allow unencrypted data transfers, default 'true'node['winrm']['TrustedHosts']
- Hosts that are allowed to connect via WinRM, default '*'
Installs and configures WinRM on the windows system. Ensures firewall rules allow traffic to WinRM.
The recipe does the following:
- Search for thumbprint for the FQDN of the node, if found use it. Otherwise create a new self signed SSL certificate if SSL is enabled.
- Install WinRM via quick configure
- Configure listeners, HTTP and/or HTTPS
- Create SSH keys from data bag
- Create firewall rules if needed
- Author:: Peter Crossley peter.crossley@webtrends.com
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