ABOUT


Chocolatey is a command line application installer for Windows based on a developer-centric package manager called NuGet. Unlike manual installations, Chocolatey adds, updates, and uninstalls programs in the background requiring very little user interaction. Chocolatey has its own package feed that is created and maintained by the project's community members.


Behind the scenes, most Chocolatey packages simply download a program's official executable and install it without any further interaction from the user.


COURSE OBJECTIVES

This may not seem very powerful at first, but imagine when you want to upgrade all of the software on your system to the latest, most secure versions, how do you do that now? Right. Manually:


  • Search for most recent version
  • Pick (hopefully) the right download
  • Wait for it to download
  • Unblock it
  • Install it manually (next, next, next anyone?)
  • Hope it didn't install any malware
  • Now do it again for EVERY piece of software on your system.

PRE-REQUISITES

  • Windows 7+ / Windows Server 2003+
  • PowerShell v2+
  • .NET Framework 4+ (the installation will attempt to install .NET 4.0 if you do not have it installed)

FEATURES

  • 30 Hours instructor led online class
  • Hands on Approach - We emphasize on learning by doing.
  • Life time free re-enrollment to future DevOps courses
  • Life time free access to all learning materials including
  • Class recordings
  • Presentations
  • Sample Code
  • Projects
  • Total Lab Infrasture in cloud and 24x7 available
  • 70% of the class is consist of Lab
  • Each week assignments(total 4) with personal assistance
  • Two real time senario based projects with standard evaluation
  • 24x7 online support to queries during and after the course completion
  • 1 dedicated class for Interview preparations

AGENDA


Why Chocolatey
Overview of Chocolatey


Using Chocolatey

  • Installing Chocolatey
  • Uninstalling Chocolatey
  • Getting Started
  • Use Chocolatey to install applications
  • Find apps with Chocolatey Gallery
  • Work with versions
  • Use Chocolatey to uninstall applications
  • Batch installs with Chocolatey config files
  • Use the ChocolateyGUI application

Packages

  • Creating packages
  • Keep in Mind Distribution Rights
  • Package Function and Variable Reference
  • Outdated packages? Triage process

How-To's

  • Use Chocolatey w/Proxy Server
  • Change Download Cache Location aka Don't use TEMP for downloads
  • Install/Upgrade a Package w/out running install scripts
  • Request Package Fixes/Updates
  • Manually Recompile Packages, Embedding/Internalizing Remote Resources
  • Request Package
  • Maintain Packages for My Software
  • Become a Maintainer
  • Take Over Package Maintenance Exclusively
  • Parse Package Parameters
  • Mount Iso
  • Create Custom Package Templates
  • Deprecate a Package

Command Reference

  • Passing args to choco
  • Complete Reference
  • List / Search
  • Info
  • Install
  • Pin
  • Outdated
  • Upgrade
  • Uninstall
  • Config
  • Source / Sources
  • Feature
  • Download