Resources

FCE.Windows.Core

This package contains all the core windows resources and gathers.

ChocolateyPackage

This resource installs a chocolatey package on the system.

This resource will also install Chocolatey if it is not present on the system.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
package	yes	Specify the name of the package to install.
version	no	Specific version of the package to install
source	no	Specifies the nuget package respository to install from. Default is chocolatey.org

ComputerName

This resource changes the name of the computer.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
name	yes	New name to set the computer to

Directory

Creates or deletes directories.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
path	yes	Path to directory to manipulate
ensure	no	Can be present or absent. Present creates a directory while absent will delete it

File

Creates or deletes files.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
path	yes	Path to file to manipulate
ensure	no	Can be present or absent. Present copies a file while absent will delete it
source	no	Path of file to copy. If you specify a url starting with http:// or https:// it will be downloaded.

Powershell

Allows you to specify 2 Powershell scripts. One to test for a condition and another to apply required changes.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
testscript	yes	Script to run during the test phase.
testpassstring	yes	string to look for in STDOut from testscript to determine if it was successful.
applyscript	yes	Script to run during the apply phase.
rebootonapply	no	Set to true if you want FCE to stop for a reboot after the apply script runs

PowershellSecurity

Sets Powershell execution policy.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
policy	yes	Must be set to allsigned, default, remotesigned, restricted, undefined or unrestricted
scope	no	Must be currentuser or localmachine. Defaults to currentuser.

Registry

Set or remove registry keys/values.

Note: If you don't specify values for registry values it will operate with the key instead.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
hive	no	hklm or hkcu. Setting it here will be default value for rows
key	no	default key path for rows

Rows Properties

Name	Required	Description
hive	no	hklm or hkcu
key	no	path to registry key.
name	no	name of registry value to set
value	no	Value to set registry value to.
ensure	no	present to create key or absent to remove. Defaults to present.
type	no	REG_SZ, REG_MULTI_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, REG_DWORD or REG_QWORD

Restart

By default this causes FCE to exit and return 3010 to indicate a reboot.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
ForceReboot	no	If set to anything it will reboot the system with a 30 second time out (to give FCE enough time to exit).

Service

Controls windows services.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
name	yes	name of service to manipulate.
state	yes	stop or start
starttype	yes	Must be automatic, disabled or manual

WindowsFeature

Install or Remove windows features.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
name	yes	Name of windows feature.
ensure	yes	present to enable feature or absent to remove feature

WindowsInstaller

Installs or Removes windows installer package.

Properties

Name	Required	Description
path	no	Path to MSI package
transforms	no	List of transforms to apply during installation
extraarguments	no	Extra arguments to pass to msiexec after TRANSFORMS.
productcode	yes	Product code of MSI
ensure	yes	present will install MSI and absent will remove it.

WindowsUpdate

Installs windows updates. It will keep reporting Reboot Required till all patches are installed.

Rows are currently used to determine which patches to skip. By default patches with Windows Defender and Language Pack.

Note: It is recommended to skip Windows Defender updates as they are always available and will get Windows Update resource stuck in an infinite loop.

Rows Properties

Name	Required	Description
action	yes	Set to skip
patch	yes	text to search patch title for to skip.