[wpkg-users] WPKG for remote / offline clients (who are never local)

[Marco]

Hello,

I am new to the list, thus it might be a stupid question.

On which level do you develop your solution:

New WPKG Windows Client ?
A "execute before" script/program in the WPKG client ?
A "Custom script" in the WPKG client (off-line mode)?
Changes in wpkg.js ?

Greetings ...
 Marco


On 04.08.2014 15:53, Dave Evans wrote:
> we have a number of users with laptops who work out of the office most
> of the time (i.e. they come into the office 1 or 2 times a year).
> others are remote desktops which never come to the office
> 
> what I want is for the client to:
> 
>   * connect to a central server somewhere (could be via VPN or a
>     restricted server on the internet)
>   * download any new or changed files in the background (like Windows
>     Updates)
>   * execute wpkg (possibly next boot to avoid killing running
>     applications whilst we update them)
>   * (optionally) send the log file back up to the central server
> 
> 
> I initially thought that off-line / laptop mode was for this, but on
> reading further I realise it's to stop the clients trying to access the
> server when they can't, useful, but no help here.
> I looked around to see if there was anything that anyone had already
> done to help in this scenario - but I can't find anything helpful.
> So I've started to code a solution, I'm getting on well, but there's a
> lot of work to do, and I thought it was about time I checked with the
> mailing list in case someone else knows something that will already do this.
> It may be that it's obvious, but just called something my brain won't
> think of (so I'll never find it using search)
> 
> I've considered using offline files to make the remote folder structure
> available locally, but I've no way of ensuring that things will be
> updated locally in the correct order to make them execute right.
> My current idea is to run wpkg at boot as normal, then as the last task
> download any new/changed files using BITS (the part of Windows Updates
> which does the trickle download of new patches) then these new versions
> should get installed next boot.
> 
> Does anyone know of anything that will do what I'm after already?
> and if not
> Would anyone else be interested in using this when I get it ready?
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Dave 
> 
> 
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