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

[Dave Evans]

On 04/08/2014 16:01, Marco wrote:
> 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 ?
others (Heiko & Rainer) have suggested that it might be not be a good 
idea, or at least there are things to be careful of before you do it.
the work I've done so far has been to create a separate script probably 
.js (like wpkg.js) or PowerShell.
Like I said, I would expect to have a local copy of the wpkg folder, and 
run from that
the clever part is how you keep it up to date.
I'm not clever enough to do a re-write of any of the existing code :-)

Dave
>
> 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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