windows-update-agent-formula

Salt formula to manage the configuration of the Windows Update Agent

Available States

• windows-update-agent

windows-update-agent

Configure the registry entries associated with the Windows Update Agent. Microsoft describes the relevant registry entries in a [Technet article] (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Dd939844(v=WS.10).aspx).

Configuration

This formula uses pillar to configure all the relevant registry entries. If no pillar settings are configured, then the formula by default will do nothing.

windows-update-agent:lookup:remove-undefined-keys

If this setting is set to True, then the formula will remove any registry entry that is either not present in pillar or that is undefined (''). This causes Windows to resume the default behavior for the corresponding registry key(s).

Default: False

Example:

windows-update-agent:
  lookup:
    remove-undefined-keys: True

windows-update-agent:lookup:registry

This is a dictionary of all the registry keys and subkeys that can be configured by this formula. Detailed descriptions of the registry entries can be found in the [linked Microsoft Technet article] (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Dd939844(v=WS.10).aspx). If none of the pillar settings have a value, by default the formula will do nothing. To remove undefined keys, see the configuration setting [remove-undefined-keys] (#windows-update-agent:remove-undefined-keys).

Example -- Utilize an internal WSUS server for updates:

Note the three settings below that have defined values...

windows-update-agent:
  lookup:
    registry:
      'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate':
        AcceptTrustedPublisherCerts: ''
        DisableWindowsUpdateAccess: ''
        ElevateNonAdmins: ''
        TargetGroup: ''
        TargetGroupEnabled: ''
        WUServer: 'https://wsus.example.com'
        WUStatusServer: 'https://wsus.example.com'
      'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer':
        DisableWindowsUpdateAccess: ''
      'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication':
        NoWindowsUpdate: ''
      'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate':
        DisableWindowsUpdateAccess: ''
      'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU':
        AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTime: ''
        AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTimeMinutes: ''
        AUOptions: ''
        AutoInstallMinorUpdates: ''
        DetectionFrequency: ''
        DetectionFrequencyEnabled: ''
        NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers: ''
        NoAutoUpdate: ''
        RebootRelaunchTimeout: ''
        RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled: ''
        RebootWarningTimeout: ''
        RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled: ''
        RescheduleWaitTime: ''
        RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled: ''
        ScheduledInstallDay: ''
        ScheduledInstallTime: ''
        UseWUServer: '1'